CreateProcess Error Code 18

Question

Error code 18 after CreateProcess . What for?

 #include <iostream> #include <windows.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <tchar.h> using namespace std; int main() { STARTUPINFO si; PROCESS_INFORMATION pi; ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(si)); // macro fills a block of memory with zeros ZeroMemory(&pi, sizeof(pi)); si.cb = sizeof(si); BOOL create_proc = CreateProcess(L"c:\\windows\\system32\\cmd.exe", NULL, NULL, NULL, FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi); //printf("Error (%d)\n", GetLastError()); if(!create_proc) printf("CreateProcess failed (%d).\n", GetLastError()); // Wait until child process exits. WaitForSingleObject( pi.hProcess, INFINITE ); // Close process and thread handles. CloseHandle( pi.hProcess ); CloseHandle( pi.hThread ); //check printf("Error (%d)\n", GetLastError()); return 0; } 

Answer 1

From here: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681382(v=vs.85).aspx

It seems your error code matches,

ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES 18 (0x12) No more files.

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