Hiding Command prompt while executing an .bat file?

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Hi,

i want to hide cmd prompt while executing or running an .bat file..
i have an exe inside my .bat file..

Simply want to run .exe without showing the command prompt through bat file..

Here is my code

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StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(Program.DriveName + "\\" + txtName.Text + ".bat");
                     sw.WriteLine("START /d " + "\"" + "C:\\Program Files\\TestSetup" + "\"" + " StkView.exe % " + result);
                     sw.Close();

Regards,
Pawan

Posted 21-Apr-10 4:06am

Pawan Kiran

Updated 9-Jun-10 3:34am

Anthony Mushrow

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Sandeep Mewara · Answer 1 · 2010-04-21T04:35:00

You want to do something in the background while installation :)

Google's first link gave me this:
If you create a shortcut to the batch file, you can set the properties of the shortcut to run the batch file in a minimized window instead of using the default setting of "Normal window".
If you want it completely hidden, then try using scripting:
Create a Process in a Hidden Window[^]
Modify the sample script to run something like "cmd.exe /c abc.bat" instead (with abc.bat replaced with the actual filename).

Here are few more links:
http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/Hide-command-prompt-windows-t56092.html[^]
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1096591/how-to-hide-cmd-window-while-running-a-batch-file[^]

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Pawan Kiran · Answer 2 · 2010-04-22T01:07:00

Solution 2

hi
issue is not solved yet.

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Posted 22-Apr-10 1:07am

Pawan Kiran

Updated 22-Apr-10 1:35am

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Hesham_h4 · Answer 3 · 2010-06-09T06:30:00

You can create a process and set the ProcessWindowStyle property to Hidden:

string path = Program.DriveName + "\\" + txtName.Text + ".bat";
StreamWriter sw = new StreamWriter(path);
sw.WriteLine("START /d " + "\"" + "C:\\Program Files\\TestSetup" + "\"" + " StkView.exe % " + result);
sw.Close();
Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = path;
proc.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
proc.Start();

Also you can execute the command without writing it into a bat file by passing it as an argument to the cmd file:

Process proc = new Process();
proc.StartInfo.FileName = "cmd";
proc.StartInfo.Arguments = "/cSTART /d " + "\"" + "C:\\Program Files\\TestSetup" + "\"" + " StkView.exe % " + result;
proc.StartInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
proc.Start();

Pawan Kiran · Answer 4 · 2010-06-11T01:37:00

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<pre lang="C++">Hi

i want to hide the commandprompt window, when i click on any bat file from a physical location.for exa: Z:\sample1.bat, how to do it while creating bat file through the code window?

Have any idea, please let me know
Regards,
Pawan.</pre>

Posted 11-Jun-10 1:37am

Pawan Kiran

Hiding Command prompt while executing an .bat file?

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