How can I run explorer.exe through C ++?

Question

I am trying to programmatically launch explorer.exe, but I was out of luck.

This is my code:

cout << pName << "died, lets restart it." << endl;
STARTUPINFO startupInfo = {0};
startupInfo.cb = sizeof(startupInfo);

PROCESS_INFORMATION processInformation;

if(CreateProcess(pName, NULL, NULL, NULL, false, NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, NULL, NULL, &startupInfo, &processInformation) == 0){
    cout << "Error starting " << pName << ": " << GetLastError() << endl;
}

and pName - explorer.exe

Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong? I get the error code '2', whichERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND

Answer 1

The first parameter is the name of the application; the second is the command line. Try specifying "explorer.exe" as the second parameter.

See the MSDN article :

lpApplicationName [in, optional]

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

, Windows Explorer. 64- Windows 7/8 ShellExecute , .

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system("start explorer");

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