#include #include /* Sample Win32 Program that creates a process - it runs Windows notepad. This program assumes that notepad.exe is in the PATH! For information about Win32 system calls, libraries and data structures, look at http://msdn.microsoft.com */ int main(int argc, char **argv) { PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; /* filled in by CreateProcess */ STARTUPINFO si; /* startup info for the new process */ /* print out our process ID */ printf("Process %d reporting for duty\n",GetCurrentProcessId()); /* Get startup info for current process, we will use this as the startup info for the new process as well... */ GetStartupInfo(&si); /* Call CreateProcess, telling it to run notepad with lots of defaults... (the NULLs mean "use defaults") */ CreateProcess(NULL, /* lpApplicationName */ "notepad.exe", /* lpCommandLine */ NULL, /* lpsaProcess */ NULL, /* lpsaThread */ FALSE, /* bInheritHandles */ DETACHED_PROCESS, /* dwCreationFlags */ NULL, /* lpEnvironment */ NULL, /* lpCurDir */ &si, /* lpStartupInfo */ &pi /* lpProcInfo */ ); /* print out the new process iD and quit (does not wait for new process to exit!) */ printf("New Process ID: %d\n",pi.dwProcessId); return(0); }