system() and no console ?

I'm very new to C and am having a hard time figuring out how to pass a command to the underlying OS so as it doesn't keep the console window open. By double-clicking from Windows Explorer, I want the other process to just spawn and the console to close.

For example, on Windows XP, I make the following call:

  system(my_command);

where my_command = 'my_program.exe'.
But in Windows the console window stays open until my_program.exe exits. I guess that makes sense but how would I change my_command or is there an alternative to system() that would spawn a new process and then immediately return so my application can complete and close the console? I tried 'my_program.exe &', but that didnt work either.

Thanks!
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