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Potential mistake in process creation flags
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Description
While reading https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/procthread/process-creation-flags documentation and provided sample, I noticed that there is a potential mistake either in the sample or in the documentation.
For the CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP flag, the documentation states
This flag is ignored if specified with CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE.
The samples here and in the documentation have both flags set together, i.e.:
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS | CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP,
What case is valid?
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Compare the process-creation-flags documentation with the referenced sample at Samples/ManagementInfrastructure/cpp/Process/Provider/WindowsProcess.c around line 770. First verify the documented behavior of CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP when combined with CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE, then determine which source is incorrect. Done means the valid flag combination and the correction target are clearly established.
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- Tech stack
- c
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- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 3/5
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- 1-2 days
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