Start Batch File Minimized via Task Scheduler

I have a batch file scheduled to run in Task Scheduler in Windows 10. The batch file runs on schedule, but it opens a full CMD window. I have tried entering variations on start /min in the Task Scheduler properties, but these seem to have no effect.

The particular batch file opens and then pauses at a PAUSE statement, waiting for user response. I want it to start minimized partly because, when it opens to a full CMD window, it captures keystrokes, if I happen to be typing. In that case, the newly opened batch file blows past the pause and proceeds with its next steps. I don't want that to happen.

Possibly I am using the wrong term. When I say "minimized," I mean that the batch file will be visible as an item on the taskbar, but its window will not open up onscreen. To access the batch file, I will have to coolswitch to it or click on its taskbar icon.

So the question is, how can I start this batch file minimized, in the sense that it will open as a taskbar icon but not as a full CMD window?

Have tried below command from Task Scheduler.

Code:

cmd.exe /k start /min myfile.bat

Thanks for taking a stab at it. But no, I can't seem to make that work in any combination. Most combinations (e.g., putting full path plus filename in the "Start in" field) run nothing. The most response I got was an error: "It appears as though arguments have been included in the Program text box." Do you have more specific knowledge as to which items should go in the Arguments and Start In fields?

Let me test the command and i will let you now.

Code:

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")obj = WshShell.Run("path to batch file.bat", 2)set WshShell = Nothing

That will work in a .vbs file.

How about below script?

Code:

Echo @echo off > %tmp%\Test.bat

Echo Echo testing >> %tmp%\Test.bat

Echo pause >> %tmp%\Test.bat


cmd.exe /c start /min %tmp%\Test.bat

Exit

Nircmd is another third party application that you can use to run it minimized.