Using CreateProcess to run a game executable

Question

I'm making a custom UI at the moment so I'm trying to launch a game from within my C++ application using CreateProcess. Here is my code so far

PROCESS_INFORMATION Processinfo;
STARTUPINFO StartupInfo;
ZeroMemory(&StartupInfo, sizeof(StartupInfo));
StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(StartupInfo);
ZeroMemory(&Processinfo, sizeof(Processinfo));
if (CreateProcess(TEXT("C:\\Program Files(x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Surgeon Simulator VR Meet The Medic\\Win32\\SurgeonVR.exe"),
    GetCommandLineA(),
    NULL,
    NULL,
    false,
    CREATE_SUSPENDED,
    NULL,
    NULL,
    &StartupInfo,
    &Processinfo))
{
    system("pause");
}

Im not quite sure where I'm going wrong as I've never used CreateProcess before, but after looking through a ton of examples I tried to mimic what everyone else was doing to no success.The process isnt being created, and the game is not being launched. Any help is greatly appreciated!

The process isnt being created, and the game is not being launched. Sorry shouldve mentioned in the post! — Adib Shalekeen, May 12 '16 at 14:10
Of course it doesn't run - it's created suspended, by way of passing `CREATE_SUSPENDED` flag. — Igor Tandetnik, May 12 '16 at 14:25
Fixed the issue by using char* path = "C:\\Program Files(x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\Surgeon Simulator VR Meet The Medic\\Win32\\SurgeonVR.exe"; and then using path as a parameter instead — Adib Shalekeen, May 12 '16 at 14:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 12 '16 at 14:35

Fixed the issue by using char* path = "C:\Program Files(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Surgeon Simulator VR Meet The Medic\Win32\SurgeonVR.exe"; and then using path as a parameter instead. I think the issue was a mistake in the path variable as well as using CREATE_SUSPENDED as a parameter.

Using CreateProcess to run a game executable

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