Command window pops in and disappears ~3 min after starting

@dalchina

dalchina said:

... bat files launched without appropriate configuration so a window does not appear ...

I was browsing this thread and stopped at that phrase. Yesterday, I posted a request for help with a bat file (command window, actually) and I worked out my problem with a switch to a vbs script that uses my bat file.

Now I'm wondering whether there's something else I could do with a bat to keep the command window from appearing at all.

Would you mind taking a look at post #1 in my thread of yesterday in General Support to see whether there's something you can suggest? No rush, of course. The VisBas does it just fine, but I'd still like to learn a bat solution if you can enlighten me.

Thanks,

Dan

Several options here:
How to Run Batch Files silently on Windows 10

Example with shortcut to a bat file using nircmd:


Noting your interest in wanting the cmd window to close:
cmd /c "C://Program Files\WizTree\WizTree64.exe" && exit

works, by way of an example.

Note this limitation of this approach:
Create a shortcut to your batch file and in its Properties change Run to Minimized, and use it. The CMD window appears in the taskbar but not on the desktop.

@dalchina

The nircmd exe exec hide option does it perfectly for me. I had seen that in my Web searches, but I had made couple of mistaken assumptions about it, and naturally it didn't work the (wrong) way I used it.

Once again, yet again, I am in your debt.

Dan

If the cmd prompt is random its normal as ms one drive runs one often

OneDrive shows this window momentarily when it updates

clean boot, not cold boot- quite different...

The fact 3 windows come up proves its onedrive up date. If you want to confirm install winpatrol Download WinPatrol

It monitiors startup and you will see beofre it does it it will ask permission for 3 cmds from onedrive