How to use the CreateProcessWithLogonW function

Hello guys! Here is all my code
Why the execution of the CreateProcessWithLogonW may not work?



program Launch;
{$APPTYPE CONSOLE}
uses
  SysUtils, Windows,
  Dialogs;


function CreateProcessWithLogonW(lpUsdeerName,lpDomain,lpPassword: LPCWSTR;
  dwLogonFlags:dword; lpApplicationName : LPCWSTR; lpCommandLine: LPWSTR; dwCreateionFlags:dword;
  lpEnvironment:Pointer; lpCurrentDirectory: LPCWSTR; lpstartupinfo:tstartupinfo;
  lpProcessInfo:TProcessInformation): BOOL; external 'C:\WINNT\system32\advapi32.dll';



const
  pProgramName = 'ClipBoarder.exe';
  pUserName    = 'Administrator';
  pUserDomain  = '';
  pUserPassword = 'pwd';
  pNullStr = '';

var
  StartInfo  : TStartupInfo;
  ProcInfo   : TProcessInformation;
  CreateOK   : Boolean;
  Count : Integer;

  ProgramName,
  UserName,
  UserDomain,
  UserPassword,
  NullStr : PWideChar;

begin
  ProgramName := StringToOleStr(pProgramName);
  UserName := StringToOleStr(pUserName);
  UserDomain := StringToOleStr(pUserDomain);
  UserPassword := StringToOleStr(pUserPassword);
  NullStr := StringToOleStr(pNullStr);


  FillChar(StartInfo,SizeOf(TStartupInfo),#0);
  FillChar(ProcInfo,SizeOf(TProcessInformation),#0);

  StartInfo.cb := SizeOf(TStartupInfo);
  StartInfo.dwFlags := startf_UseShowWindow;
  StartInfo.wShowWindow := 4;

 try
{   CreateOK := CreateProcess(pProgramName,nil, nil, nil,False,
                 CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP+NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
                 nil, nil, StartInfo, ProcInfo);
}
   CreateOK := CreateProcessWithLogonW(
              UserName,
              UserDomain,
              UserPassword,
              0,
              ProgramName,
              nil,
              CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE or NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
              nil,
              nil,
              startinfo,
              procinfo);
   if not CreateOK then RaiseLastWin32Error;

  except
    on E: Exception do
    begin
      writeln(E.Message );
    end;
  end
end.
penichAsked:
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MadshiCommented:
You didn't say that you get an exception. Well, I checked it out. There were several errors in how you defined CreateProcessWithLogonW. You forgot stdcall, also startupInfo and processInformation needed "const" and "var". This one works on my PC:

function CreateProcessWithLogonW(lpUsdeerName,lpDomain,lpPassword: LPCWSTR;
  dwLogonFlags:dword; lpApplicationName : LPCWSTR; lpCommandLine: LPWSTR; dwCreateionFlags:dword;
  lpEnvironment:Pointer; lpCurrentDirectory: LPCWSTR; const lpstartupinfo:tstartupinfo;
  var lpProcessInfo:TProcessInformation): BOOL; stdcall; external 'advapi32.dll';

function CreateProcessWithLogon(user, domain, password, cmdLine: string; var pi: TProcessInformation) : dword;
var si : TStartupInfo;
begin
  ZeroMemory(@si, sizeOf(si));
  si.cb := sizeOf(si);
  ZeroMemory(@pi, sizeOf(pi));
  result := CreateProcessWithLogonW(PWideChar(wideString(user)),
                                    PWideChar(wideString(domain)),
                                    PWideChar(wideString(password)),
                                    0, nil,
                                    PWideChar(wideString(cmdLine)),
                                    CREATE_DEFAULT_ERROR_MODE or NORMAL_PRIORITY_CLASS,
                                    nil, nil, si, pi);
  if not result then
       result := GetLastError
  else result := 0;
end;

Regards, Madshi.
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MadshiCommented:
Are you sure that you gave in the correct password and user name? And what is the exact error message, please?

Regards, Madshi.
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MadshiCommented:
Have you tried giving in the full program path? Also better give it in as the command line parameter, leave the program name to nil. That works better according to my experience.

Is that domain information correct? An empty strings is quite strange. That does NOT qualify for the local machine, as far as I know!
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TOndrejCommented:
I think that the current user account also needs privileges to impersonate other accounts.
Anyway, exact error code/message might be useful. <g>
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penichAuthor Commented:
Additional info

1. Login and Password are correct
2. I tried to pass the full programname parameter like:
'c:\temp\clipboarder.exe'
'c:\\temp\\clipboarder.exe'
'clipboarder.exe'
3. My PC name is 'windev-3' but i don't have a domain name at all - very simple office network
4. There was no any error message at all - I could not even launch GetLastError function because the Access Violation occurs derectly in the CreateProcessWithLogonW function. (something like 'Access Violation ... in ntdll ....' )
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DrDelphiCommented:
What O/S and service pack are you using? According to M$' knowledgebase, this API function can only be used in W2K and higher.


Good luck!!
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DrDelphiCommented:
What O/S and service pack are you using? According to M$' knowledgebase, this API function can only be used in W2K and higher.


Good luck!!
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penichAuthor Commented:
....
win2k, SP2
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