public static SuspendedProcess Start(string applicationPath, string commandLine = null, bool resumeOnDispose = true)
{
// Create the startup info and set the Size parameter to the size of the structure
Win32StartupInfo startupInfo = new Win32StartupInfo();
startupInfo.Size = Marshal.SizeOf(typeof(Win32StartupInfo));
Win32ProcessInformation processInformation;
// Attempt to create the process in a suspended state
var didCreate = NativeMethods.CreateProcess(applicationPath,
commandLine,
IntPtr.Zero, // NULL
IntPtr.Zero, // NULL
false,
Win32ProcessCreationFlags.Suspended,
IntPtr.Zero, // NULL
null,
ref startupInfo,
out processInformation);
// Check if the process was created
if (!didCreate)
throw new IOException("Unable to create process");
return new SuspendedProcess(processInformation, resumeOnDispose);
}
public static extern bool CreateProcess(string applicationPath,
string commandLine,
IntPtr processSecurityAttributes,
IntPtr threadSecurityAttributes,
bool inheritHandles,
Win32ProcessCreationFlags creationFlags,
IntPtr environment,
string currentDirectory,
ref Win32StartupInfo startupInfo,
out Win32ProcessInformation processInformation);
public static extern bool CreateProcess(string applicationPath,
string commandLine,
IntPtr processSecurityAttributes,
IntPtr threadSecurityAttributes,
bool inheritHandles,
Win32ProcessCreationFlags creationFlags,
IntPtr environment,
string currentDirectory,
ref Win32StartupInfo startupInfo,
out Win32ProcessInformation processInformation);
