on start up i have a bat file run routine things for me
however, the black console pops up and stays open until everything is finished....
anyway to hide it and run it in background ? so it shouldn't appear minimized or system tray.
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A:
You can't really do that but if you are using the scheduler to run the batch file you can select "don't interact with desktop" when creating the job.
tr4656
2010-02-17 00:55:34
A:
Try renaming your file to .cmd instead of .bat.
Or, if you're executing a .exe try:
start "" "C:\Program Files\SomeProg\someprog.exe"
Vivin Paliath
2010-02-17 00:56:47
A:
Create a shortcut to the file. On the new shortcut: Right click -> Properties. Go to the Shortcut tab, and choose "Run: Minimized." (This is assuming you're on WinXP).
jamieb
2010-02-17 01:00:37
I was going to suggest the same, but then noticed that the original poster did not want it to "appear minimized or [in] system tray".
Alek Davis
2010-02-17 01:03:04
A:
I once had a little program which could hide windows based on their title. So my startup batch first set a unique title with title and then called the other program to hide the window with said title. Worked fine but involves a little programming.
If you don't want to go that way, then you should use the Task Scheduler as tr4656 noted.
Joey
2010-02-17 02:57:13