Shell calls without stopping the calling programme

From: Pekka Jarvela (pekkajarvela_at_email.com)
Date: 05/04/04 

Date: 4 May 2004 02:29:48 -0700

If I put in my C++ (Visual Studio) a shell call

system("notepad file.txt");

which opens a Notepad window with file.txt, there is a problem that
the programme stops as long as Notepad window is open. Is there a way
to make shell calls so that they don't stop the actual programme?

Pekka

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