run bat file using ShellExecute

[manju 3]

Hi all, How can i run the bat file using SghellExecute.I am trying with the below code. ShellExecute(NULL,_T("open"),_T("cmd.exe"),_T("/C Test.bat"),0,SW_SHOW); Note : Test.bat file path is "C:\Test.bat" I am unable to run the bat file.Am i doing anything wrong..?? But when i manually click on Test.bat with the mouse,The bat file executes fine. Thanks in Advance Manju

[Chris Meech]

Try the following.

ShellExecute(NULL,_T("open"),_T("cmd.exe"),_T("/C C:\\Test.bat"),0,SW_SHOW);

I suspect that when cmd.exe is run, it is unable to find the file Test.bat. :)

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[pasztorpisti]

Instead of

ShellExecute(NULL,_T("open"),_T("cmd.exe"),_T("/C Test.bat"),0,SW_SHOW);

use either this:

ShellExecute(NULL, _T("open"), _T("cmd.exe"), _T("/C C:\\Test.bat"), NULL, SW_SHOW);

or this:

ShellExecute(NULL, _T("open"), _T("cmd.exe"), _T("/C Test.bat"), _T("C:\\"), SW_SHOW);

Note that the two solutions are not equivalent. In the second solution the current directory of your batch file will be C:\ while in the first case cmd.exe will inherit the current directory of the program from which you call ShellExecute().