system("notepad") makes my game stop
I guess system("notepad&"); would work, but I'm almost certain there is a better way. I'm not too experienced with Windows or Win32, but I guess it would be preferable to get the path from the registry and use a Win32 command to execute it.
You can use CreateProcess. Here's an example.
You might have to provide the full path, which is %windir%\system32\notepad.exe.
Edit: Yeah, ShellExecute is probably simpler.
You might have to provide the full path, which is %windir%\system32\notepad.exe.
Edit: Yeah, ShellExecute is probably simpler.
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yay, shellexecute worked thanks guys. lol I was trying createprocess but was doing it wrong.
The reason your initial attempt didn't work was that you were executing it from the comamnd line in the wrong way. It should have been:
This doesn't cause the program calling it to wait for the notepad window to close before execution continues.
system("start notepad.exe c:/whatever.txt)";This doesn't cause the program calling it to wait for the notepad window to close before execution continues.
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