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# CreateProcessW

```csharp
[DllImport("KERNEL32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)]
[DefaultDllImportSearchPaths(DllImportSearchPath.System32)]
public static extern unsafe BOOL CreateProcessW(
    PCWSTR lpApplicationName,
    PWSTR lpCommandLine,
    [Optional] SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES* lpProcessAttributes,
    [Optional] SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES* lpThreadAttributes,
    BOOL bInheritHandles,
    PROCESS_CREATION_FLAGS dwCreationFlags,
    [Optional] void* lpEnvironment,
    PCWSTR lpCurrentDirectory,
    STARTUPINFOW* lpStartupInfo,
    PROCESS_INFORMATION* lpProcessInformation);
```

[SECURITY\_ATTRIBUTES](/security/security_attributes.md)

[PROCESS\_CREATION\_FLAGS](/threading/process_creation_flags.md)

[STARTUPINFOW](/threading/startupinfow.md)

[PROCESS\_INFORMATION](/threading/process_information.md)