Method runCommand

QKeyMapper/qkeymapper_worker.cpp:18206–18302

}

bool QKeyMapper_Worker::runCommand(const QString &cmdLine,
                                   bool runWait,
                                   const QString &workDir,
                                   int showCmd,
                                   const QString &verb)
{
#ifdef DEBUG_LOGOUT_ON
    qDebug().nospace().noquote()
        << "[runCommand] cmdLine=\"" << cmdLine
        << "\", runWait=" << runWait
        << ", workDir=\"" << workDir
        << "\", verb=" << verb
        << ", showCmd=" << showCmdToString(showCmd);
#endif

    // Prepare STARTUPINFO for CreateProcess
    STARTUPINFOW si = { sizeof(si) };
    si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
    si.wShowWindow = static_cast<WORD>(showCmd);

    PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {};
    std::wstring cmd = cmdLine.toStdWString(); // Persist command line
    std::wstring wdir = workDir.isEmpty() ? L"" : workDir.toStdWString();

    // If we have a system verb, skip CreateProcess and go directly to ShellExecute
    // This matches AutoHotkey's behavior where system verbs bypass CreateProcess
    if (!verb.isEmpty()) {
#ifdef DEBUG_LOGOUT_ON
        qDebug() << "[runCommand] System verb detected, skipping CreateProcess ->" << verb;
#endif
    } else {
        // Try CreateProcessW first (direct executable launch) - only when no system verb
        if (CreateProcessW(
                nullptr,                        // Application name
                cmd.data(),                     // Command line (must be writable)
                nullptr, nullptr,               // Security attributes
                FALSE,                          // No handle inheritance
                0,                              // Creation flags
                nullptr,                        // Environment
                wdir.empty() ? nullptr : wdir.c_str(), // Working directory
                &si, &pi))
        {
#ifdef DEBUG_LOGOUT_ON
            qDebug() << "[runCommand] CreateProcess succeeded";
#endif
            if (runWait) {
                WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
            }
            CloseHandle(pi.hProcess);
            CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
            return true;
        }
#ifdef DEBUG_LOGOUT_ON
        else {
            qDebug() << "[runCommand] CreateProcess failed, trying ShellExecute";
        }
#endif
    }