I have been learning C++ for a small bit of time now, but it has been in the form of writing independant programs that all it's instructions are referenced to the program itself.
What I was wanting to ask in this forum, was where I can find the classes or other info on how to tap into the OS (windows xp and 2000 in this case) and run other programs, add and manipulate pre-existing registry keys, manipulate files and directories and stuff of the sort. Manipulating files and directories probably won't be hard to find out as I haven't looked into that.
The big question is how to use C++ to run programs just as if I was to run them from the run command with any additional switches. I would assume I would probably create console program as I won't need any user interaction.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
What I was wanting to ask in this forum, was where I can find the classes or other info on how to tap into the OS (windows xp and 2000 in this case) and run other programs, add and manipulate pre-existing registry keys, manipulate files and directories and stuff of the sort. Manipulating files and directories probably won't be hard to find out as I haven't looked into that.
The big question is how to use C++ to run programs just as if I was to run them from the run command with any additional switches. I would assume I would probably create console program as I won't need any user interaction.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.