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function WinExecute(CmdLine: string; Wait: Boolean): Boolean;
var
  StartupInfo: TStartupInfo;
  ProcessInformation: TProcessInformation;
begin
  Result := True;
  try
    FillChar(StartupInfo, SizeOf(StartupInfo), 0);
    StartupInfo.cb := SizeOf(StartupInfo);
    if not CreateProcess(nil, PChar(CmdLine), nil, nil, True, 0, nil,
    nil, StartupInfo, ProcessInformation) then
      RaiseLastWin32Error;
    if Wait then
      WaitForSingleObject(ProcessInformation.hProcess, INFINITE);
  except
    Result := False;
  end;
end;