Hiding dos window of running batch file 1

[owenm84]

I put a batch file in the registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

so it will run when a user logs on.

is there a way to have this run in the background, so that the black dos window doesn't appear?

thanks in advance...

 

[bcastner]

Have the key refer to a shortcut to the batch file.

Then in the Properties of the shortcut, have the program run minimized.

 

[owenm84]

I think this will still show the process on the taskbar.

I'd like to have it completely in the background if possible.

Is there a way to do this?

 

[wolluf]

Don't know if

http://vbourdo.cjb.net/?wcat

(watchcat) would be of any use. You can set rules to hide windows.

 

[bcastner]

Windows scripting scripts (VBS files) run invisibly when they are run by the "wscript.exe" program (which is the default way to run them in Windows). So instead of having your registry entry point to your batch file, have it point to a script. Have the script run the batch file.

Here's a simple one-line VBS script (give it any
name with a VBS file extension) that will run
your batch file invisibly. All you have to do is
replace the name of the YOURFILEBAT with your batch file name:

invisible.vbs
rem ----------------------
CreateObject("Wscript.Shell&quot.Run "YOURFILE.BAT", 0, False
rem ----------------------