Tracking Issue for `CommandExt::desktop` for Windows
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Description
The feature gate for the issue is #![feature(windows_process_extensions_desktop)].
This is a tracking issue for a new desktop builder method of the Windows-specific CommandExt extension trait.
It will add the ability to configure the lpDesktop field of the STARTUPINFOW struct before calling CreateProcessW.
Public API
// std::os::windows::process
pub trait CommandExt: Sealed {
fn desktop<S: AsRef<OsStr>>(&mut self, desktop: S) -> &mut process::Command;
}
Steps / History
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- ACP: rust-lang/libs-team#221
- Implementation: #158855
- Final comment period (FCP)^1
- Stabilization PR
Unresolved Questions
- None yet.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the completed implementation in PR #158855 and review the stabilization checklist in this issue. The work is done when the final comment period and a stabilization PR have been completed; no source files or tests are named here.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- operating-systems
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100