Hello!

I'm trying to open gta_sa.exe from a script in C++... the problem is... it just starts the process (verified in task manager) but nothing happens... I tried using ''system'' function and still nothing happened. When I try open another .exe files it works... What's the problem?

// ConsoleApplication2.cpp : This file contains the 'main' function. Program execution begins and ends there.
//

#include <iostream>
#include <Windows.h>
#include <TLHELP32.h>

#define CREATE_THREAD_ACCESS (PROCESS_CREATE_THREAD | PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION | PROCESS_VM_OPERATION | PROCESS_VM_WRITE | PROCESS_VM_READ)

DWORD FindProcessId(const char* processname)
{
    HANDLE hProcessSnap;
    PROCESSENTRY32 pe32;
    DWORD result = NULL;

    // Take a snapshot of all processes in the system.
    hProcessSnap = CreateToolhelp32Snapshot(TH32CS_SNAPPROCESS, 0);
    if (INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == hProcessSnap) return(FALSE);

    pe32.dwSize = sizeof(PROCESSENTRY32); // <----- IMPORTANT

    // Retrieve information about the first process,
    // and exit if unsuccessful
    if (!Process32First(hProcessSnap, &pe32))
    {
        CloseHandle(hProcessSnap);          // clean the snapshot object
        printf("!!! Failed to gather information on system processes! \n");
        return(NULL);
    }

    do
    {
       // printf("Checking process %ls\n", pe32.szExeFile);
        if (0 == strcmp(processname, pe32.szExeFile))
        {
            result = pe32.th32ProcessID;
            break;
        }
    } while (Process32Next(hProcessSnap, &pe32));

    CloseHandle(hProcessSnap);

    return result;
}

BOOL InjectDLL(DWORD ProcessID)
{
    LPCSTR DLL_PATH = "C:\\Users\\alexm\\source\\repos\\RemasterSAMPDLL\\Debug\\RemasterSAMPDLL.dll";
    LPVOID LoadLibAddy, RemoteString;

    if (!ProcessID)
        return false;

    HANDLE Proc = OpenProcess(CREATE_THREAD_ACCESS, FALSE, ProcessID);

    if (!Proc)
    {
        std::cout << "OpenProcess() failed: " << GetLastError() << std::endl;
        return false;
    }

    LoadLibAddy = (LPVOID)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"), "LoadLibraryA");

    RemoteString = (LPVOID)VirtualAllocEx(Proc, NULL, strlen(DLL_PATH) + 1, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
    WriteProcessMemory(Proc, RemoteString, (LPVOID)DLL_PATH, strlen(DLL_PATH) + 1, NULL);
    CreateRemoteThread(Proc, NULL, NULL, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)LoadLibAddy, RemoteString, NULL, NULL);

    CloseHandle(Proc);

    return true;
}

BOOL InjectDLL_EAX(DWORD ProcessID)
{
    LPCSTR DLL_PATH = "C:\\Users\\alexm\\Desktop\\GTA - San Andreas\\eax.dll";
    LPVOID LoadLibAddy, RemoteString;

    if (!ProcessID)
        return false;

    HANDLE Proc = OpenProcess(CREATE_THREAD_ACCESS, FALSE, ProcessID);

    if (!Proc)
    {
        std::cout << "OpenProcess() failed: " << GetLastError() << std::endl;
        return false;
    }

    LoadLibAddy = (LPVOID)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"), "LoadLibraryA");

    RemoteString = (LPVOID)VirtualAllocEx(Proc, NULL, strlen(DLL_PATH) + 1, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
    WriteProcessMemory(Proc, RemoteString, (LPVOID)DLL_PATH, strlen(DLL_PATH) + 1, NULL);
    CreateRemoteThread(Proc, NULL, NULL, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)LoadLibAddy, RemoteString, NULL, NULL);

    CloseHandle(Proc);

    return true;
}

BOOL InjectDLL_OGG(DWORD ProcessID)
{
    LPCSTR DLL_PATH = "C:\\Users\\alexm\\Desktop\\GTA - San Andreas\\ogg.dll";
    LPVOID LoadLibAddy, RemoteString;

    if (!ProcessID)
        return false;

    HANDLE Proc = OpenProcess(CREATE_THREAD_ACCESS, FALSE, ProcessID);

    if (!Proc)
    {
        std::cout << "OpenProcess() failed: " << GetLastError() << std::endl;
        return false;
    }

    LoadLibAddy = (LPVOID)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"), "LoadLibraryA");

    RemoteString = (LPVOID)VirtualAllocEx(Proc, NULL, strlen(DLL_PATH) + 1, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
    WriteProcessMemory(Proc, RemoteString, (LPVOID)DLL_PATH, strlen(DLL_PATH) + 1, NULL);
    CreateRemoteThread(Proc, NULL, NULL, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)LoadLibAddy, RemoteString, NULL, NULL);

    CloseHandle(Proc);

    return true;
}

BOOL InjectDLL_vorbis(DWORD ProcessID)
{
    LPCSTR DLL_PATH = "C:\\Users\\alexm\\Desktop\\GTA - San Andreas\\vorbis.dll";
    LPVOID LoadLibAddy, RemoteString;

    if (!ProcessID)
        return false;

    HANDLE Proc = OpenProcess(CREATE_THREAD_ACCESS, FALSE, ProcessID);

    if (!Proc)
    {
        std::cout << "OpenProcess() failed: " << GetLastError() << std::endl;
        return false;
    }

    LoadLibAddy = (LPVOID)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"), "LoadLibraryA");

    RemoteString = (LPVOID)VirtualAllocEx(Proc, NULL, strlen(DLL_PATH) + 1, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
    WriteProcessMemory(Proc, RemoteString, (LPVOID)DLL_PATH, strlen(DLL_PATH) + 1, NULL);
    CreateRemoteThread(Proc, NULL, NULL, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)LoadLibAddy, RemoteString, NULL, NULL);

    CloseHandle(Proc);

    return true;
}

BOOL InjectDLL_vorbisFile(DWORD ProcessID)
{
    LPCSTR DLL_PATH = "C:\\Users\\alexm\\Desktop\\GTA - San Andreas\\vorbisFile.dll";
    LPVOID LoadLibAddy, RemoteString;

    if (!ProcessID)
        return false;

    HANDLE Proc = OpenProcess(CREATE_THREAD_ACCESS, FALSE, ProcessID);

    if (!Proc)
    {
        std::cout << "OpenProcess() failed: " << GetLastError() << std::endl;
        return false;
    }

    LoadLibAddy = (LPVOID)GetProcAddress(GetModuleHandle("kernel32.dll"), "LoadLibraryA");

    RemoteString = (LPVOID)VirtualAllocEx(Proc, NULL, strlen(DLL_PATH) + 1, MEM_COMMIT, PAGE_READWRITE);
    WriteProcessMemory(Proc, RemoteString, (LPVOID)DLL_PATH, strlen(DLL_PATH) + 1, NULL);
    CreateRemoteThread(Proc, NULL, NULL, (LPTHREAD_START_ROUTINE)LoadLibAddy, RemoteString, NULL, NULL);

    CloseHandle(Proc);

    return true;
}
int main()
{
    std::cout << "Magda este o fata si are 15 ani!\n";
    ShellExecute(0, "open", "C:\\Users\\alexm\\Desktop\\GTASanAndreas\\gta_sa.exe", NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWDEFAULT);
   // system("start C:\\Users\\alexm\\Desktop\\GTASanAndreas\\gta_sa.exe");
    
    //Sleep(10000);
    //InjectDLL(FindProcessId("gta_sa.exe"));
   
    //ShellExecute(0, "open", "C:\\Users\\alexm\\Desktop\\Nimic\\Winter Modpack High ENB\\samp.exe", NULL, NULL, NULL);
    //InjectDLL(FindProcessId("samp.exe"));

    //C:\\Users\\alexm\\Desktop\\Nimic\\Winter Modpack High ENB\\samp.exe

}

//End of script//

Isn't that... gta_sa.exe it's in the right folder with all it needs.... I just paste the directory into

the parameter. When I run it by double-cllicking it... it work perfectly, but when I run it through the

function... it just opens the process, but nothing happens. Ignore the InjectDLL_EAX and others... I tried something non-sense

quency148 said:
I'm trying to open gta_sa.exe from a script in C++

just out of interest, why are you trying to run it from c++? why not from the command-line as it was intended?