Making application invisible

Hello,

I would like to start another application from my own application for instance by the command
system ("aaa.exe");
but I want the new application (aaa.exe) to be invisible such that the user is unaware that another application started.

I only have access to the .exe file of the new application (aaa.exe).

Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

Thanks!

Hi,

Try using CreateProcess and set STARTUPINFO member wShowWindow to SW_HIDE.

See

Code:

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BOOL CreateProcess(
  LPCTSTR lpApplicationName,                // name of executable module
  LPTSTR lpCommandLine,                      // command line string
  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpProcessAttributes, // SD
  LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES lpThreadAttributes,  // SD
  BOOL bInheritHandles,                      // handle inheritance option
  DWORD dwCreationFlags,                    // creation flags
  LPVOID lpEnvironment,                      // new environment block
  LPCTSTR lpCurrentDirectory,                // current directory name
  LPSTARTUPINFO lpStartupInfo,              // startup information
  LPPROCESS_INFORMATION lpProcessInformation // process information
);

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in MSDN.

Take a look at this FAQ for an example of 'CreateProcess()'...

Very nice! Thanks guys.