How do I start other applications from my own win32 application. For example, when a button is pressed (in WM_COMMAND), how would I start an external application?

well i dont know how this would work in a win32 program but in a console window all you have to do is

and that will start the given program for you-- like i said i dont know how this would work in a regular windows program, might not even work at all.


p.s. you have to have the double \ in there or else the compiler thinks its some sort of escape sequence and it either wont compile right or compile wrong. hope this helps!

You will need to include

Alright, I got it. Thanks for everyone's help. :)