SHELLEXECUTEINFO ShExecInfo = { 0 };
ShExecInfo.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
ShExecInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
ShExecInfo.hwnd = NULL;
ShExecInfo.lpVerb = L"open";
ShExecInfo.lpFile = L"D:\\Program Files\\a.exe";
ShExecInfo.lpParameters = L"";
ShExecInfo.lpDirectory = NULL;
ShExecInfo.nShow = SW_SHOW;
ShExecInfo.hInstApp = NULL;
ShellExecuteEx(&ShExecInfo);
WaitForSingleObject(ShExecInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
PROCESS_INFORMATION ProcessInfo;
STARTUPINFO StartupInfo; //This is an [in] parameter
ZeroMemory(&StartupInfo, sizeof(StartupInfo));
StartupInfo.cb = sizeof StartupInfo; //Only compulsory field
if (CreateProcess(L"D:\\Program Files\\a.exe", NULL,
NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL,
NULL, &StartupInfo, &ProcessInfo))
{
WaitForSingleObject(ProcessInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hThread);
CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hProcess);
}
else
{
MessageBoxA(NULL, "The process could not be started...", NULL, NULL);
}