Start application via batch hiding console

Question

I've made an easy batch to start an application (it opens a pdf in pdf reader):

@ECHO off
start ../folder/index.pdf

When I launch my batch, the console is shown for a couple of seconds and then is closed when the reader is launched,

Is it possible to hide the console when I launch the batch? So on launching the batch only the reader opens, without showing the console before.

Answer 1

Take a look at this question:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/492876/how-to-hide-the-console-of-batch-scripts-without-losing-std-err-out-streams/493074#493074