Opening a exe from C++ code

You can use the following command :

1) ShellExecute() example will run program myprog.exe from the root directory of my main program

HINSTANCE hinst = ShellExecute(m_hWnd,"open","myprog.exe","",myprog,SW_SHOW);

For more information, please look here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb762153%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

2) CreateProcess
LPTSTR szCmdline = _tcsdup(TEXT("C:\\Program Files\\....\\myprog.exe"));
CreateProcess(NULL, szCmdline, /* ... */);

For more information, please look here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms682425%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

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Regards,
Alex.