C# Signature:

[DllImport("rapi.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, SetLastError = true)]
public extern static bool CeCreateProcess(
public extern static int CeCreateProcess(
    string pszImageName,
    string pszCmdLine,
    IntPtr psaProcess,
    IntPtr psaThread,
    bool fInheritHandles,
    int fInheritHandles,
    int fdwCreate,
    IntPtr pvEnvironment,
    IntPtr pszCurDir,
    IntPtr psiStartInfo,
    ref PROCESS_INFORMATION pi);

User-Defined Types:

PROCESS_INFORMATION structure info at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms684873(VS.85).aspx

PROCESS_INFORMATION structure info at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wcekernl/html/_ wcesdk_win32_PROCESS_INFORMATION_str.asp

C# Definition:

[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public struct PROCESS_INFORMATION
{
   public IntPtr hProcess;
   public IntPtr hThread;    
   public int dwProcessID;    
   public int dwThreadID;    
}

Notes:

function info on msdn at http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa922104.aspx

function info on msdn at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/wceactsy/html/cerefCeCreateProcessRAPI.asp

Tips & Tricks:

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Sample Code:

PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = new PROCESS_INFORMATION();
CeCreateProcess("myapp.exe", String.Empty, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, 0, 0, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero, ref pi)

Alternative Managed API:

OpenNETCF.Diagnostics at http://www.opennetcf.org

  C# Example of the code you would use with openNETCF :
   ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo(@"\PathTo\programToRun.exe");
   Process p = Process.Start(psi");
   p.WaitForExit(); // if this is set, your code will continue after the program has excited.

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