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CreateProcess() and ShellExecute() freeze when waiting for svchost.exe

Under Windows 8 I'm starting an external program but it get stuck as a background process waiting for svchost.exe to return. If I start the same application manually (double click) it starts just fine.
If I run the same code under Windows 7, it works just fine.

I have mainly tried 3 ways of executing the application:

ShellExecute(NULL,L'open','MyApp.exe',NULL,NULL,SW_SHOWNORMAL);


This returns ok but the application freeze waiting for svchost.exe.
Then I tried the Extended version.

SHELLEXECUTEINFO ShExecInfo;

ShExecInfo.cbSize = sizeof(SHELLEXECUTEINFO);
ShExecInfo.fMask = SEE_MASK_NOCLOSEPROCESS;
ShExecInfo.hwnd = Application->MainFormHandle;
ShExecInfo.lpVerb = L'open';
ShExecInfo.lpFile = L'MyApp.exe'
ShExecInfo.lpParameters = NULL;
ShExecInfo.lpDirectory = L'MyWorkDir';
ShExecInfo.nShow = SW_SHOWNORMAL;
ShExecInfo.hInstApp = NULL;

res = ShellExecuteEx(&ShExecInfo);


This also returns ok and I hInstApp is set, but still freeze as before.
Then I tried CreateProcess().

STARTUPINFO si;
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;

ZeroMemory(&si, sizeof(si));
si.cb = sizeof(si);
ZeroMemory(&pi, sizeof(pi));

res = CreateProcess(L'MyApp.exe',NULL,NULL,NULL,false,0,NULL,L'MyWorkDir',&si,&pi);


This also returns ok and the PROCESS_INFORMATION is filled in correctly, but still it freeze.
RAD Studio shows a debug message when I create the process:

Application '??C:WindowsProgram Files (x86) ... MyApp.exe' found in cache
Application '??C:WindowsProgram Files (x86) ... MyApp.exe' cache bypassed reason 0x86


In Windows 8 Task manager I can see that the Process is waiting on svchost.exe to return.

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