Execute a windows program like shell execute

ShellExecute

int ExecuteCommand(const TCHAR* commandLine)
{

 STARTUPINFO si; 
 PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; 
 BOOL bRet;
 DWORD lpExitCode;

 memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si)); 
 si.cb = sizeof(si); 
 si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
 si.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;


 bRet = CreateProcess( 
 NULL, // pointer to name of executable module
 commandLine, // pointer to command line string
 NULL, // process security attributes
 NULL, // thread security attributes
 FALSE, // handle inheritance flag
 NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, // creation flags
 NULL, // pointer to new environment block
 NULL, // pointer to current directory name
 &si, // pointer to STARTUPINFO
 &pi // pointer to PROCESS_INFORMATION
 );  

 if(bRet) WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE); // wait for process to finish

 GetExitCodeProcess(pi.hProcess, &lpExitCode);

 CloseHandle(pi.hThread); 
 CloseHandle(pi.hProcess); 

 return lpExitCode;
}

// Example
int iRet = ExecuteCommand(_T("RegisterInventorServer.exe /install /serverhost.exe"));