I use it to start UniFi Video with mongod without journaling

cmd_proxy.c

#define _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS
#include <windows.h>
#include <string.h>

#define POSTCUT ".exe"
#define POSTFIX ".original.exe"

HANDLE hProcess = INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;

BOOL WINAPI HandlerRoutine( DWORD dwCtrlType )
{
    if( hProcess != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE )
    {
        TerminateProcess( hProcess, dwCtrlType );
        WaitForSingleObject( hProcess, INFINITE );
        CloseHandle( hProcess );
    }

    return 0;
}

int main( int argc, char * argv[] )
{
    char cmd[MAX_PATH * 2] = { 0 };
    int i;

    SetConsoleCtrlHandler( HandlerRoutine, TRUE );

    strcat( cmd, argv[0] );
    if( strcmp( cmd + strlen( cmd ) - strlen( POSTCUT ), POSTCUT ) == 0 )
        memcpy( cmd + strlen( cmd ) - strlen( POSTCUT ), POSTFIX, strlen( POSTFIX ) + 1 );
    else
        strcat( cmd, POSTFIX );
    strcat( cmd, " " );

    strcat( cmd, "--nojournal" );
    strcat( cmd, " " );

    for( i = 1; i < argc; i++ )
    {
        if( strcmp( argv[i], "--journal" ) == 0 )
            continue;

        strcat( cmd, argv[i] );
        strcat( cmd, " " );
    }

    {
        PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
        STARTUPINFOA si;

        memset( &si, 0, sizeof( si ) );

        si.cb = sizeof( STARTUPINFO );
        si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;
        si.hStdOutput = GetStdHandle( STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE );
        si.hStdError = GetStdHandle( STD_ERROR_HANDLE );
        si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESTDHANDLES;

        if( !CreateProcessA( NULL, cmd, NULL, NULL, TRUE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi ) )
            return 1;

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

        WaitForSingleObject( hProcess, INFINITE );
        CloseHandle( hProcess );
    }

    return 0;
}