Instance in VC++ application

Question

Am working on VC++ application

Its a background application that runs on background even on PC restart

Am trying to open the application as say - some antivirus like mcafee, which runs on background but if we click on the exe icon it comes up front of the screen

                WinExec("application.exe", SW_SHOW);
                exit(1);

Does anyone can help me ?

Answer 1

Sounds like your application is a good candidate for a Windows Service. A Service runs in the background with no GUI, starts when Windows starts, can re-start automatically if it fails, etc. For a GUI, you would write a separate application which would attach to the Service via some type of inter-process-communication for the purposes of configuration/control.