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I want to do two steps in my c++ program using system().

  1. open the folder system("cd /d ...")
  2. run another program.exe

However, it seems like when I run step2, the folder opened in step1 is already closed. What can I do to make sure that the folder won't be closed, so that I can use another cmd call to run .exe?

Thanks!

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  • Hi, you're going to need to expand on this a little and show us some of the code that you've written to solve your problem. Have a read of [this](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mcve) to give you an indication of what to copy-paste – Yann Oct 16 '14 at 09:40
  • The `cd` command used in the `system()` call will change the directory only for the sub shell opened, not for your actual process. – πάντα ῥεῖ Oct 16 '14 at 09:41
  • You need to put both steps in one `system()` command and how that is done will be platform dependant. – Galik Oct 16 '14 at 09:42

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you can use 

system("command1; command2; command3");

or 

system("command1 && command2 && command3");

Refer To The following link: Using a Single system() Call to Execute Multiple Commands in C

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