Will this work? I put Start "Working" / Min as the first line in my Bat file
or this might help http://www.computing.net/answers/dos/run-batch-file-invisiblestealth/14270.html or How can I run a batch file or other file minimized? Answer: Microsoft Windows users can run batch files or other files in a minimized window by using the command prompt start command. This is useful for when a user needs to run a batch file but doesn't want the user to interrupt its operation. Below is an example of how the start command can be used to start the batch file myfile.bat as a minimized window. start /min myfile.bat Additional information about this command and other options it's able to perform can be found on our start command page. ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Lustig To: RBASE-L Mailing List Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2008 8:39 AM Subject: [RBASE-L] - Silent LAUNCH command. I have an R:Base program which builds a batch file to perform some system level processing. I can LAUNCH the batch file, it works great. However, a DOS window flashes on the screen while the batch file operates. There's no output, so there's no need for the window or the flashing. Can anyone think of a clever way to launch a batch file "invisibly"? Failing that, does anyone (paging MikeB, paging MikeB, Mr. B please pick up the white courtesy phone) have the STDCALL worked out to do this directly through ShellExecEx? -- Larry
