Run program without see it

[azopardo]

Hi everybody, I´m a beginner, my problem is this:

I coded a GUI with 2 buttons, Connect and Cancel. When Connect is pressed I want to run a program (.exe) but I don´t want to appear the window program nor the program in the taskbar, like the programe was running in invisible mode. Hope you can give me a hint.

Thanks in advance

[TehWhale]

When using Run() or ShellExecute() use @SW_HIDE as the show flag in one of the parameters. For example,

$Program = @SystemDir&"\cmd.exe"
ShellExecute($Program, "", "", "", @SW_HIDE)

^^ The above code will run cmd.exe hidden!

Edited October 3, 2008 by SwiftBurns

[Richard Robertson]

When spawning hidden applications, remember to close them later since the user can't.

[azopardo]

Thanks for the answers. I tried both Run() and ShellExecute() but although the window is hidden the program keep appearing in taskbar. Is it possible to do it with Autoit or I need to code it in other language?

[rasim]

Thanks for the answers. I tried both Run() and ShellExecute() but although the window is hidden the program keep appearing in taskbar. Is it possible to do it with Autoit or I need to code it in other language?

You can hide program from taskbar

[azopardo]

thanks rasim, it´s been a great help. The problem I had with the others functions (Run() and ShellExecute() ) was that the program i need to run opens a windows that has not available the maximize button (the same happens with calc.exe - calculator of XP) and so the flag @SW_HIDE seems not to make its work. I don´t know why is that.

You can try with this code

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Run("C:\WINDOWS\system32\calc.exe", "", @SW_HIDE )

If anyone knows how to enable that parameter (maximize button in a window) may be it will be possible to hide it

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