CreateProcess(NULL, lpszCommandLine, NULL, NULL, FALSE,
              CREATE_NO_WINDOW, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);

DWORD RunSilent(char* strFunct, char* strstrParams)
{
    STARTUPINFO StartupInfo;
    PROCESS_INFORMATION ProcessInfo;
    char Args[4096];
    char *pEnvCMD = NULL;
    char *pDefaultCMD = "CMD.EXE";
    ULONG rc;

    memset(&StartupInfo, 0, sizeof(StartupInfo));
    StartupInfo.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO);
    StartupInfo.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
    StartupInfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;

    Args[0] = 0;

    pEnvCMD = getenv("COMSPEC");

    if(pEnvCMD){

    	strcpy(Args, pEnvCMD);
    }
    else{
    	strcpy(Args, pDefaultCMD);
    }

    // "/c" option - Do the command then terminate the command window
    strcat(Args, " /c ");
    //the application you would like to run from the command window
    strcat(Args, strFunct);
    strcat(Args, " ");
    //the parameters passed to the application being run from the command window.
    strcat(Args, strstrParams);

    if (!CreateProcess( NULL, Args, NULL, NULL, FALSE,
    	CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,
    	NULL,
    	NULL,
    	&StartupInfo,
    	&ProcessInfo))
    {
    	return GetLastError();
    }

    WaitForSingleObject(ProcessInfo.hProcess, INFINITE);
    if(!GetExitCodeProcess(ProcessInfo.hProcess, &rc))
    	rc = 0;

    CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hThread);
    CloseHandle(ProcessInfo.hProcess);

    return rc;

}