How to call another program?

Can anyone tell me the code to call another program? Here's an example:

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Enter selection: 1, 2, 3: 3 (when I enter 3)
the program will execute: notepad.exe ...etc.

Thanks.

check the FAQ, under running execs.

http://www.cprogramming.com/boardfaq.html

Look these up in MSDN

system
_spawnl
CreateProcess

http://msdn.microsoft.com

Thank you. I think I found it, but it doesn't work when I try it. Do I do something wrong here?

Code:

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#include <stdlib.h>

int main()
{
  system ("c:\windows\notepad.exe");
  return 0;
}

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When I execute the code, it said "bad command or file name". I believe it's the path that I use. Can you tell me how to use the path in the system(" "); ?

ty

instead of this:

Code:

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system ("c:\windows\notepad.exe")

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try this

Code:

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system ("c:\\windows\\notepad.exe")

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