windows - Execute another program in C++

Question

I want to remotely execute another application from my C++ program. So far I played along with the CreateProcess(...) function and it works just fine.

The problem however is that I need the full path of the other program but I do not know the directory of it. So what I want is that I just have to enter the name of the other program, like when you type "cmd" or "winword" into Run... it opens the corresponding programs.

Thanks in advance, Russo

Answer 1

If you are using CreateProcess like this:

CreateProcessA( "winword.exe", .... );

then the PATH variable will not be used. You need to use the second parameter:

CreateProcessA( NULL, "winword.exe", .... );

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425%28VS.85%29.aspx for details.