windows-spawn

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

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

Requires Windows 10 version 1809 or later and Rust 1.75 or later. Non-Windows targets expose no API.

Not affiliated with Microsoft or windows-rs; windows- names the target platform.

Installation

cargo add windows-spawn

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 contracts
• Examples
• Architecture decisions
• Security policy

License

Apache-2.0 OR MIT.