Re: CreateProcess not working as doc specifies.

In message <5EAB7DEB-B0F9-47D3-8CA7-D64844A1218C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> of Mon, 13 Jun 2005 13:50:17 in microsoft.public.win32.programmer.kernel, David Bennion <David@Bennion.?.microsoft.com.invalid> writes 
I am having some difficulty using CreateProcess() to run a batch file and get
the same return code as I get from the command shell.  I am trying to run the
batch in the manner suggested by the CreateProcess documentation, but it
fails to run.

URL? or quotation.


I am posting all of the background information below (sorry if the wordwrap
from the post obfuscates anything):

Snippet of doc from CreateProcess() msdn doc:
--------------------------------------------------------
"To run a batch file, you must start the command interpreter; set
lpApplicationName to cmd.exe and set lpCommandLine to the name of the batch
file."


[snipped code]

Tried your code in Visual C++ 6.0 SP 5 on Windows 2000 Professional SP4.
I snip my results:
// OK if(CreateProcess("C:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe", "/C C:\\DOCUME~1\\ADMINI~1.BRI\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\david\\t.bat",
// US if(CreateProcess("cmd.exe", "/C C:\\DOCUME~1\\ADMINI~1.BRI\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\david\\t.bat",
// OK if(CreateProcess("C:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe", "/C t.bat",
// US if(CreateProcess("C:\\winnt\\system32\\cmd.exe", "t.bat",
// OK if(CreateProcess(0, "t.bat",

MSDN says about lpApplicationName: "will not use the search path".
Does this meet your need?
--
Walter Briscoe
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