Shell Windows Explorer to Specific Folder

Please help. I am trying to open Windows Explorer to specifically browse the Tasks folder from my program. Unfortunately Windows Explorer keeps opening to the "My Documents" folder.

Code:

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// Locals
BOOL br=FALSE;
UINT cb=0;
TCHAR tszWinDir[MAX_PATH];
tszWinDir[0]=0;

STARTUPINFO        siStartupInfo;
memset(&siStartupInfo, 0, sizeof(siStartupInfo));

PROCESS_INFORMATION piProcessInfo;
memset(&piProcessInfo, 0, sizeof(piProcessInfo));

CString strAppPath;
strAppPath = _T("C:\\Winnt"); // default

CString strTasksPath;
strTasksPath = _T("C:\\Winnt"); // default

// Shell Explorer to the task folder
cb = GetWindowsDirectory(tszWinDir, MAX_PATH);
if(cb>0)
{
        strAppPath = tszWinDir;
        strTasksPath = tszWinDir;
}
strAppPath += _T("\\explorer.exe");
strTasksPath += _T("\\Tasks");

siStartupInfo.cb = sizeof(siStartupInfo);

br = CreateProcess(strAppPath,    // Application name
        const_cast<TCHAR*>((const TCHAR*)strTasksPath), // Application arguments
        0,
        0,
        FALSE,
        CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE,
        0,
        const_cast<TCHAR*>((const TCHAR*)strTasksPath),                              // Working directory
        &siStartupInfo,
        &piProcessInfo);

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Well, when I replace the call to create process with the following it works, but I don't know why.

Code:

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HINSTANCE hInst = ShellExecute(0,                         
                              "open",                      // Operation to perform
                              strAppPath,  // Application name
                              strTasksPath,          // Additional parameters
                              0,                          // Default directory
                              SW_SHOW);

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Code:

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        STARTUPINFO        siStartupInfo;
        memset(&siStartupInfo, 0, sizeof(siStartupInfo));
       
        PROCESS_INFORMATION piProcessInfo;
        memset(&piProcessInfo, 0, sizeof(piProcessInfo));
       
        CString strAppPath;

        LPTSTR pBuf = strAppPath.GetBufferSetLength(MAX_PATH);
        GetWindowsDirectory(pBuf, MAX_PATH);
        strAppPath.ReleaseBuffer();
       
        CString strTasksPath = " /e, /root, ";

        strTasksPath += strAppPath;       
        strTasksPath += _T("\\Tasks");
               
        strAppPath += _T("\\explorer.exe");

        siStartupInfo.cb = sizeof(siStartupInfo);
       
        if(!CreateProcess(strAppPath,    // Application name
                (LPTSTR)(LPCTSTR)strTasksPath, // Application arguments
                0,
                0,
                FALSE,
                CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE,
                0,
                NULL,                              // Working directory
                &siStartupInfo,
                &piProcessInfo))
    {
        AfxMessageBox("CreateProcess failed.");
                DWORD dw = GetLastError();
    }

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Will open Tasks as root directory.

Like this.

Code:

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CString cmdLine = strAppPath + CString(" ") + strTasksPath;

br = CreateProcess(NULL,    // Application name
        cmdLine,        0,
        0,
        FALSE,
        CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE,
        0,
        const_cast<TCHAR*>((const TCHAR*)strTasksPath),                              // Working directory
        &siStartupInfo,
        &piProcessInfo);

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That is too wierd. Twas the extra space that did it.
Thank you both for your replies.