#include<stdio.h>
#include<windows.h>

int main()
{
    STARTUPINFO si = { sizeof(si)};
    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {0};

    const char *my_dir = "C:\\Users\\John\\Music\\";

    if(CreateProcess("C:\\Windows\\System32\\notepad.exe",NULL,NULL,NULL,FALSE,0,NULL,my_dir,&si,&pi))
    {
        printf("Parent process id: %lu\n",GetCurrentProcessId());
        printf("process created successfully with id %lu\n",pi.dwProcessId);
        //close handles
        CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
        CloseHandle(pi.hThread);

    }
    else
    {
        printf("Error: %lu\n",GetLastError());
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
}