how to hide cmd shell window?

Question

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.

Answer 1

You can use a VBS script to achieve this. Either write all your code as VBS, or call your batch file like this:

'launch.vbs
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run "mybatch.bat", 0
WshShell = Null