Simple CreateProcessW()

SimpleCreateProcess.cpp

#include <stdio.h> //c header for things like Printf
#include <Windows.h> //Added in order to use windows apis; could also be added to pch.h

int main()
{
	wchar_t cmd[] = L"notepad.exe";//unicode string as parameters for strings are unicode for CreateProcessW
	STARTUPINFO si = { sizeof(si) };
	//memset(&si, 0, sizeof(si));//These 2 lines are the same as the init done via C style shortcut in the line above
	//si.cb = sizeof(ci)
	PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
	
	BOOL OK = CreateProcessW(NULL, cmd, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);
	if (OK)// check if Process is created
	{
		printf("Applicaiton is running\n");
		printf("PID = %d\n", pi.dwProcessId);

		//Wait forever till Process object is signaled (terminated)
		DWORD status = WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);

		if (status == WAIT_OBJECT_0)//The state of the specified object is signaled.

		{
			printf("PID = %d is closed!\n", pi.dwProcessId);
		}

		CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
		CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
	}
	else
	{
		printf("Application NOT running! \t Error code %d", GetLastError());
	}
	//Add breakpoint here to prevent console from automatically closing after debugging is finished

}