#include <windows.h>
#include <shellapi.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#define MAXPARAMLENGTH 1024

int start(LPSTR filespec, LPSTR args) {
 HINSTANCE instance;
 SHELLEXECUTEINFO infoblock = { 0 };
 infoblock.cbSize = sizeof(infoblock);
 infoblock.hwnd = NULL;
 infoblock.lpVerb = NULL;
 infoblock.lpFile = filespec;
 infoblock.lpParameters = args;
 infoblock.nShow = SW_SHOWDEFAULT;
 infoblock.hInstApp = instance;
 if (ShellExecuteEx(&infoblock) && instance > (HINSTANCE)32) return 0;
 else return 1;
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 char buffer[MAXPARAMLENGTH];
 int i;
 if (argc >= 2) {
  for (i = 2; i < argc; i++) {
   if (strlen(buffer) + strlen(argv[i]) > MAXPARAMLENGTH - 2) return 3;
   else {
    strcat(buffer, argv[i]);
    strcat(buffer, " ");
   }
  }
  return start(argv[1], argstring);
 }
 return 5;
}