Shelled Process with NO Window Display Using This Code

'Question: I need this to run with out any window activity.
'Just want to get back the error codes that a program
'returns when completed.
'Just paste this into a form and change the
'ExecCmd("\norman\win95\nvcpre.exe a: /Q") to anything
'that needs no user input and will return error codes to 'read.

      Private Type STARTUPINFO
         cb As Long
         lpReserved As String
         lpDesktop As String
         lpTitle As String
         dwX As Long
         dwY As Long
         dwXSize As Long
         dwYSize As Long
         dwXCountChars As Long
         dwYCountChars As Long
         dwFillAttribute As Long
         dwFlags As Long
         wShowWindow As Integer
         cbReserved2 As Integer
         lpReserved2 As Long
         hStdInput As Long
         hStdOutput As Long
         hStdError As Long
      End Type
      
      Private Type PROCESS_INFORMATION
         hProcess As Long
         hThread As Long
         dwProcessID As Long
         dwThreadID As Long
      End Type
      
      Private Declare Function WaitForSingleObject Lib "kernel32" (ByVal _
         hHandle As Long, ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long) As Long
         
      Private Declare Function CreateProcessA Lib "kernel32" (ByVal _
         lpApplicationName As Long, ByVal lpCommandLine As String, ByVal _
         lpProcessAttributes As Long, ByVal lpThreadAttributes As Long, _
         ByVal bInheritHandles As Long, ByVal dwCreationFlags As Long, _
         ByVal lpEnvironment As Long, ByVal lpCurrentDirectory As Long, _
         lpStartupInfo As STARTUPINFO, lpProcessInformation As _
         PROCESS_INFORMATION) As Long
      
      Private Declare Function CloseHandle Lib "kernel32" _
         (ByVal hObject As Long) As Long
      
      Private Declare Function GetExitCodeProcess Lib "kernel32" _
         (ByVal hProcess As Long, lpExitCode As Long) As Long
      Private Const NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS = &H20&
      Private Const INFINITE = -1&
      Public Function ExecCmd(cmdline$)
      Dim proc As PROCESS_INFORMATION
      Dim start As STARTUPINFO
         ' Initialize the STARTUPINFO structure:
         start.cb = Len(start)
         ' Start the shelled application:
         Ret& = CreateProcessA(0&, cmdline$, 0&, 0&, 1&, _
            NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS, 0&, 0&, start, proc)
         ' Wait for the shelled application to finish:
         Ret& = WaitForSingleObject(proc.hProcess, INFINITE)
         Call GetExitCodeProcess(proc.hProcess, Ret&)
         Call CloseHandle(proc.hProcess)
         ExecCmd = Ret&
      End Function
      Sub Form_Load()
        Dim retval As Long
'Run Virus Application NO USER INPUT OR INTERACTION
'DOS Error Code Return 0 = NO VIRUS 1 = VIRUS
         'Use any program that returns a error code
         retval = ExecCmd("\norman\win95\nvcpre.exe a: /Q")
         MsgBox "Process Finished, Exit Code " & retval
      End Sub