* provided by this application, and run in the background.
     *
     * If we are starting a GUI process, they don't automatically get a
     * console, so it doesn't matter if they are started as foreground or
     * detached processes. The GUI window will still pop up to the foreground.
     */

    if (TclWinGetPlatformId() == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT) {
	if (HasConsole()) {
	    createFlags = 0;
	} else if (applType == APPL_DOS) {
	    /*
	     * Under NT, 16-bit DOS applications will not run unless they can
	     * be attached to a console. If we are running without a console,
	     * run the 16-bit program as an normal process inside of a hidden
	     * console application, and then run that hidden console as a
	     * detached process.
	     */

	    startInfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
	    startInfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
	    createFlags = CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE;
	    TclDStringAppendLiteral(&cmdLine, "cmd.exe /c");
	} else {
	    createFlags = DETACHED_PROCESS;
	}
    } else {
	if (HasConsole()) {
	    createFlags = 0;
	} else {
	    createFlags = DETACHED_PROCESS;
	}

	if (applType == APPL_DOS) {
	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
		    "DOS application process not supported on this platform",
		    -1));
	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "EXEC", "DOS_APP",
		    NULL);
	    goto end;
	}
    }

    /*
     * cmdLine gets the full command line used to invoke the executable,
     * including the name of the executable itself. The command line arguments
     * in argv[] are stored in cmdLine separated by spaces. Special characters
     * in individual arguments from argv[] must be quoted when being stored in

    /*
     * For backward compatibility with previous versions of Tcl, we use
     * "file%d" as the base name for pipes even though it would be more
     * natural to use "pipe%d". Use the pointer to keep the channel names
     * unique, in case channels share handles (stdin/stdout).
     */

    sprintf(channelName, "file%" TCL_I_MODIFIER "x", (size_t) infoPtr);
    infoPtr->channel = Tcl_CreateChannel(&pipeChannelType, channelName,
	    infoPtr, infoPtr->validMask);

    /*
     * Pipes have AUTO translation mode on Windows and ^Z eof char, which
     * means that a ^Z will be appended to them at close. This is needed for
     * Windows programs that expect a ^Z at EOF.