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 ho

Answer 1

The directories of the programs you can run from start -> run are added to the PATH variable. You can add the folder your program is to the PATH and then use CreateProcess(). However, you say you don't know the directory, so you probably can't do this.

Do you know a partial path? For example, do you know that your exe will always be in C:\something\something\ or a subfolder of this path? If so, look up FindFirst() and FindNext() to list all the files in that directory and search for your exe, then use CreateProcess() when you find your exe.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365200%28VS.85%29.aspx shows how to list files in a directory. You will have to modify it to also search subdirectories (for example, make a recursive function).