Regrettably, Windows (MSVC) includes _exec functions, but with the behavior that it seems to rejoin arguments into a single string, which then gets split again.

Regrettably, Windows (MSVC) includes _exec functions, but with the behavior that it seems to rejoin arguments into a single string, which then gets split again. > Spaces embedded in strings may cause unexpected behavior; for example, passing _exec the string "hi there" will result in the new process getting two arguments, "hi" and "there". https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/exec-wexec-functions?view=msvc-170 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cpp/c-runtime-library/exec...