BOOL SelfDelete()

...
{
TCHAR szModule [MAX_PATH],
szComspec[MAX_PATH],
szParams [MAX_PATH];

// get file path names:
if((GetModuleFileName(0,szModule,MAX_PATH)!=0) &&
(GetShortPathName(szModule,szModule,MAX_PATH)!=0) &&
(GetEnvironmentVariable("COMSPEC",szComspec,MAX_PATH)!=0))

...{
// set command shell parameters
lstrcpy(szParams," /c del ");
lstrcat(szParams, szModule);
lstrcat(szParams, " > nul");
lstrcat(szComspec, szParams);


// set struct members

STARTUPINFO si=...{0};

PROCESS_INFORMATION pi=...{0};
si.cb = sizeof(si);
si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
si.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;

// increase resource allocation to program
SetPriorityClass(GetCurrentProcess(),
REALTIME_PRIORITY_CLASS);
SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(),
THREAD_PRIORITY_TIME_CRITICAL);

// invoke command shell
if(CreateProcess(0, szComspec, 0, 0, 0,CREATE_SUSPENDED|
DETACHED_PROCESS, 0, 0, &si, &pi))

...{
// suppress command shell process until program exits
SetPriorityClass(pi.hProcess,IDLE_PRIORITY_CLASS);
SetThreadPriority(pi.hThread,THREAD_PRIORITY_IDLE);

// resume shell process with new low priority
ResumeThread(pi.hThread);

// everything seemed to work
return TRUE;
}
else // if error, normalize allocation

...{
SetPriorityClass(GetCurrentProcess(),
NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS);
SetThreadPriority(GetCurrentThread(),
THREAD_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
}
}
return FALSE;
}



























































