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winapivisual-c++jobscreateprocess

IContextMenu::InvokeCommand, break away from job?

I have a child process in a job that has JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_KILL_ON_JOB_CLOSE specified.

When I invoke IContextMenu::InvokeCommand, though, any processes that are started are automatically killed when my child process exits, because they are automatically included in a job.

How can I prevent this from happening?

Solution

  • The solution I've found is to specify

    JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_BREAKAWAY_OK | JOB_OBJECT_LIMIT_SILENT_BREAKAWAY_OK

    for the child process, to allow its children to automatically break away from the job.