winapi: CreateProcess but hide the process' window?
Solution 1
set the STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW in dwFlags
by sharptooth
Solution 2
If its just a console app you can also use the CREATE_NO_WINDOW
flag as part of the CreateProcess
call itself, e.g.
CreateProcess(NULL, lpszCommandLine, NULL, NULL, FALSE,
CREATE_NO_WINDOW, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
Also, see this page for information about environment variables.
Solution 3
The following link here describes how to create the window silently:
DWORD RunSilent(char* strFunct, char* strstrParams)
{
STARTUPINFO StartupInfo;
PROCESS_INFORMATION ProcessInfo;
char Args[4096];
char *pEnvCMD = NULL;
char *pDefaultCMD = "CMD.EXE";
ULONG rc;
memset(&StartupInfo, 0, sizeof(StartupInfo));
StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
StartupInfo.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
StartupInfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
Args[0] = 0;
pEnvCMD = getenv("COMSPEC");
if(pEnvCMD){
strcpy(Args, pEnvCMD);
}
else{
strcpy(Args, pDefaultCMD);
}
// "/c" option - Do the command then terminate the command window
strcat(Args, " /c ");
//the application you would like to run from the command window
strcat(Args, strFunct);
strcat(Args, " ");
//the parameters passed to the application being run from the command window.
strcat(Args, strstrParams);
if (!CreateProcess( NULL, Args, NULL, NULL, FALSE,
CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,
NULL,
NULL,
&StartupInfo,
&ProcessInfo))
{
return GetLastError();
}
WaitForSingleObject(ProcessInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
if(!GetExitCodeProcess(ProcessInfo.hProcess, &rc))
rc = 0;
CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hThread);
CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hProcess);
return rc;
}
I think getenv and setenv are all okay? I am not sure what you are asking about in that respect.
GreekMustard
Updated on July 09, 2022Comments
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GreekMustard almost 2 years
I am using CreateProcess to create a cmd.exe process that is passed a parameter that it executes and quits, this makes command prompt flash up on the screen.
I tried to avoid this by setting STARTUPINFO struct wShowWindow to SW_HIDE but this parameter seems to affect the calling window, not the window for the process that gets executed.
Is there anyway that you can use createprocess to launch a program that is hidden from view?
Also what is the proper winapi standard way to get enviroment variables?
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ereOn over 12 years+1: This is the correct way to do that. Useful when you need to call
cscript
from the session 0 but don't want any console to popup. -
Alex Bagnolini over 12 yearsFor future references: CREATE_NO_WINDOW has value &H8000000
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Anil8753 almost 9 yearsHow to launch UI application (win32/wpf) in hidden mode. I want to show it later, not at the time of launch.
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script'n'code over 6 yearsFor me it doesn't work. I still see a flashing CMD window: ghostbin.com/paste/xr7eo (same when using CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE in CreateProcess)
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John Zabroski over 4 yearsNot bad, but strcat is unsafe, and getenv can return way more than 4096 characters. wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/display/c/… Use strcat_s instead.