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running .exe within .exe
is it possible to run an .exe file within a program in DevC++?

I got 2 programs one dependant on the other and I just want to automate it so that running one program will run both.

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try this:
system("c:\\path\\to\\second_program.exe");

[edit] duh! used single backslashes instead of double backslashes [/edit]
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