Minimise or hide DOS window

[furtivevole]

As part of a larger process I have to launch a 3rd-party script, currently with syntax similar to the following:

cmd.exe /c "xyz.bat ...etc"

I'd like the DOS window to be either minimised or hidden when this launches so that it's not obvious to the user. Is there any elegant way of achieving this (undocumented switch etc)?

Thanks, Linnet

 

[Mekkins]

Use the /min switch as in "start /min cmd.exe". /min has to be before the executable's name to work correctly. For some other tips on hiding batch files, take a look at this website:

http://www.ericphelps.com/batch/samples/invisible.txt

 

[bcastner]

Member tsuji I believe has handled this topic: thread616-839332