What arguments are passed to the entry point of the PE (Portable Executable) file?

Question

If you are building a PE file (.exe, a portable executable for Win32), it has an entry point that you could name _start, _mainor whatever you like.

Question: Is this entry point called some arguments? If so, are they available on the stack? If so, do I need an entry point function to clear the stack? Where can I find documentation about this?

Answer 1

There is no process in which there is no information about its arguments on the stack at the entry point. You must call GetCommandLineor access information in PEB through RTL_USER_PROCESS_PARAMETERS , but this is not a stable API.

Each language support library (e.g. CRT) should also do this.