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Scheduled BAT file: can the window be hidden?

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cheer8923

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When it runs, it brings up a dos window briefly. Is there any way to hide this window?

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If you use a login other than any normally used on the machine and run the task with those credentials then any other login will not see the task happening unless they look with task manager.

Jock
 
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Found one using vbs

CreateObject("Wscript.Shell").Run """" & WScript.Arguments(0) & """", 0, False
 
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