Thread: Opening .exe

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    Opening .exe

    Hello,
    i was wondering if anyone could help me out. I need to make my program open a .exe file, thats it. For example: You double click on my program and it pops up, then u type "g" press enter and up pops internet explorer.
    thx much for any help.

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    check out the Faq
    Woop?

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    One solution is ShellExecute(). Another solution is CreateProcess().

    Kuphryn

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    system() anyone?

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    WinExec(...)

    e.g.:
    Code:
    ::WinExec("calc.exe",SW_NORMAL);

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    >>system() anyone?
    *SMACK* Bad! Read the FAQ!
    Just Google It. √

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