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in thread system() does not wait for terminal.exe to complete executing on Windows

Here is what I observed:- I was trying to run a short-cut(to an terminal.exe) with command line parameter in my original code.

Ah! Yes, shortcuts effectively detach their targets and then return. Which explains the behaviour you got.

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