StartPID

@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

if {%~1} NEQ {} (
    if {%~1} NEQ {-help} (
        call :proc %*
        exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
    )
)

call :echoHelp
exit /b

:proc
    call :argParser %*

    if {%exec%} EQU {} (
        call :err 1000
        exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%
    )

    if {%host%} NEQ {} (
        set host=/NODE:%host%
        if {%user%} NEQ {} (
            set user=/USER:%user%
            if {%pass%} NEQ {} (
                set pass=/PASSWORD:%pass%
            )
        )
    )

    if {%record%} NEQ {} (
        set record=/RECORD:%record%
    )

    set global_params=%record% %host% %user% %pass%

    for /f "usebackq tokens=*" %%G IN (`wmic  %global_params%  process call create "%exec% %commandline%"^,"%workdir%"`) do (
        rem echo %%G
        echo %%G | find "ProcessId" > nul && (
            for /f  "tokens=2 delims=;= " %%H in ('echo %%G') do (
                call set /A PID=%%H
            )
        )
        echo %%G | find "ReturnValue" > nul && (
            for /f  "tokens=2 delims=;= " %%I in ('echo %%G') do (
                call set /A RETCOD=%%I
            )
        )
        call :concat "%%G"
    )

    rem successful execution
    if %PID% NEQ 0 (
        echo %PID%
        exit /b
        rem exit /B %PID%
    ) else (
        call :err %RETCOD%
    )
exit /b %ERRORLEVEL%


:argParser
    set comstr=-exec-commandline-workdir-host-user-pass-record
    for /L %%i in (1,1,7) do (
        echo %comstr% | find "%~1" > nul && (
            set _tmp=%~1
            set !_tmp:-=!=%~2
        )
        shift
        shift
    )
    set _tmp=
exit /b

:echoHelp
        echo creates a process and returns it's PID
    echo %~n0 -exec executubale {-commandline command_line} { -workdir working_directory}
    echo  {-host  remote_host {-user user {-pass password}}} {-record path_to_xml_output}
    echo\
    echo localhost cant' be used as in -host variable
    echo Examples:
    echo %~n0  -exec "notepad" -workdir "c:/"  -record "test.xml" -commandline "/A startpid.txt"
    echo %~n0  -exec "cmd" -workdir "c:/"  -record "test.xml" -host remoteHost -user User
        echo by Vasil "npocmaka" Arnaudov
exit /b

:concat

    call set output=%output% ^& echo %~1
exit /b

:err
    if %1 EQU 2          (set errmsg=Access Denied)
    if %1 EQU 3          (set errmsg=Insufficient Privilege)
    if %1 EQU 8          (set errmsg=Unknown failure ^& echo Hint: Check if the executable and workdit exists or if command line parameters are correct.)
    if %1 EQU 9          (set errmsg=Path Not Found ^& echo Hint: check if  the work exists on the remote machine.)
    if %1 EQU 21         (set errmsg=Invalid Parameter ^& echo Hint: Check executable path.Check if  host and user are corect.)
    if %1 EQU 1000       (set errmsg=Executable not defined.)
    if {%errmsg%} EQU {} (set errmsg=%output% ^& echo Hint: brackets,quotes or commas in the password may could breack the script.)

    echo %errmsg%
exit /b %1