windows-spawn

Windows process creation with explicit handle transfer, ordered Job attachment, mitigation policies, ConPTY, and suspended inspection.

Use and platform

Use std::process::Command for portable child processes. Use this crate for CreateProcessW features that require explicit ownership and rollback.

The crate requires Windows 10 version 1809 or later and Rust 1.75 or later. Non-Windows targets expose no public API.

This project is not affiliated with Microsoft or the windows-rs project. The windows- prefix describes the target platform, not the publisher.

Installation

cargo add windows-spawn

Minimal example

use windows_spawn::{Command, DropPolicy, SpawnOptions};

let mut command = Command::new(r"C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe");
command.args(["/D", "/S", "/C"]).raw_arg("echo hello");

let output = command.output_with(
    SpawnOptions::new().drop_policy(DropPolicy::KillTree),
)?;
assert!(output.status.success());
# Ok::<(), std::io::Error>(())

Documentation

• API and behavioral contracts
• Examples
• Architecture decisions
• Security policy

License

Apache-2.0 OR MIT.