From: porkchop@invalid.foo   
      
   On Wed, 31 Dec 2025 09:37:08 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > Are there any standards for how C argc/argv are supposed to behave on   
   > Windows?   
      
   Good question, some more ways to open things (that I know of),   
   see 2nd example for 'sort of' argc/argv...   
      
   #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN   
   #include    
   #include    
      
   int open_app(const wchar_t *exe_or_path) {   
       HINSTANCE r = ShellExecuteW(NULL, L"open", exe_or_path, NULL, NULL,   
   SW_SHOWNORMAL);   
       return ((INT_PTR)r > 32) ? 0 : -1;   
   }   
      
   open_app(L"notepad.exe");   
   open_app(L"C:\\Windows\\System32\\calc.exe");   
      
   or...   
      
   #define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN   
   #include    
   #include    
      
   int launch_app(const wchar_t *cmdline) {   
       STARTUPINFOW si;   
       PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;   
      
       ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof si);   
       ZeroMemory(&pi, sizeof pi);   
       si.cb = sizeof si;   
      
       /* CreateProcess *may modify the buffer */   
       wchar_t buf[1024];   
       wcsncpy(buf, cmdline, 1023);   
       buf[1023] = L'\0';   
      
       if (!CreateProcessW(   
               NULL,       // application name (NULL = parse from cmdline)   
               buf,        // command line (MUTABLE) <--   
               NULL, NULL, // process/thread security   
               FALSE,      // inherit handles   
               0,          // creation flags   
               NULL,       // environment   
               NULL,       // working directory   
               &si,   
               &pi))   
           return -1;   
      
       /* fire-and-forget */   
       CloseHandle(pi.hThread);   
       CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);   
       return 0;   
   }   
      
   launch_app(L"notepad.exe C:\\temp\\notes.txt");   
   launch_app(L\"\"C:\\Program Files\\VideoLAN\\VLC\\vlc.exe\" --fullscreen   
   video.mp4\");   
      
   --   
   :wq   
   Mike Sanders   
      
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