VBS (non-webdeveloping): How to start a window hidden?

Question

Have a question about VBS: How can i start a new window (e.g. of firefox.exe) hidden, so it won't be shown in taskbar and you won't see the window? I know its possible but I don't know how anymore...

thanks for help

Answer 1

Use the WshShell.Run method with the intWindowStyle parameter set to 0:

Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.Run "notepad", 0