How to write a program in C++ such that it will delete itself after execution?

Question

How to write a program in C++ such that it will delete itself after execution ?

Answer 1

Here is the code in C which will delete the executable after execution.

#include <Windows.h> #include <strsafe.h>  #define SELF_REMOVE_STRING  TEXT("cmd.exe /C ping 1.1.1.1 -n 1 -w 3000 > Nul & Del /f /q \"%s\"")  void DelMe() {     TCHAR szModuleName[MAX_PATH];     TCHAR szCmd[2 * MAX_PATH];     STARTUPINFO si = {0};     PROCESS_INFORMATION pi = {0};      GetModuleFileName(NULL, szModuleName, MAX_PATH);      StringCbPrintf(szCmd, 2 * MAX_PATH, SELF_REMOVE_STRING, szModuleName);      CreateProcess(NULL, szCmd, NULL, NULL, FALSE, CREATE_NO_WINDOW, NULL, NULL, &si, &pi);      CloseHandle(pi.hThread);     CloseHandle(pi.hProcess); }  void main() {     /* Do what you need */      /* Call this function at the very end of your program to delete itself */     DelMe(); }