Executing the bat file without showing the cmd window?

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  1. Posts : 175
    Windows 10 Version 6.2 (Build 9200) Home, 64bit
       #1

    Executing the bat file without showing the cmd window?


    I have a bat file closing a program - Digital Clock close.bat - containing:

    Code:
    taskkill /F /IM digital_clock.exe
    How could I avoid this window to be opened when executing the bat file:
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  2. Posts : 12,799
    Windows 11 Pro
       #2

    In the first line of your batch file, try @echo off like this

    Code:
    @echo off
    taskkill /F /IM digital_clock.exe
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  3. Posts : 31,398
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #3

    Right-click on the .bat file, select Properties, on the Shortcut tab select Run: Minimised.
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  4. Posts : 175
    Windows 10 Version 6.2 (Build 9200) Home, 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thank you very much!

    @echo offtaskkill /F /IM digital_clock.exe
    Unfortunately that does not work, the window pops up, though (without message inside):


    Right-click on the .bat file, select Properties, on the Shortcut tab select Run: Minimised.
    Sorry, I cannot find anything like a shortcut tab or "Run: Minimised:
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  5. Posts : 31,398
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #5

    Enter said:
    Sorry, I cannot find anything like a shortcut tab or "Run: Minimised:
    Sorry, I tried it out on my machine, but I've just realised I was working on a shortcut to my .bat file, not the .bat file itself.

    Make a shortcut to run the bat file, then you can set the shortcut to run it minimised.
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  6. Posts : 175
    Windows 10 Version 6.2 (Build 9200) Home, 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Yes, I had tried even that without access. So I guesse the code is wrong in the bat file:

    Code:
    taskkill /F /IM C:\Programme\Digital Clock 4\Digital Clock close.bat - Verknüpfung.lnk
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  7. Posts : 56,804
    Multi-boot Windows 10/11 - RTM, RP, Beta, and Insider
       #7

    Enter said:
    Yes, I had tried even that without access. So I guesse the code is wrong in the bat file:

    Code:
    taskkill /F /IM C:\Programme\Digital Clock 4\Digital Clock close.bat - Verknüpfung.lnk
    What Bree posted does work, all you will see is a brief flicker in the taskbar, no cmd window. When you say "without access", do you mean no permission to run it? Also set the shortcut to run as Admin. Example:

    Executing the bat file without showing the cmd window?-2017-08-25_13h13_31.png
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  8. Posts : 31,398
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #8

    Enter said:
    Yes, I had tried even that without access. So I guesse the code is wrong in the bat file:

    Code:
    taskkill /F /IM C:\Programme\Digital Clock 4\Digital Clock close.bat - Verknüpfung.lnk
    What is ' Verknüpfung.lnk' (Shortcut.lnk) doing at the end of that code you posted? Your originally said the code was...
    Enter said:
    I have a bat file closing a program - Digital Clock close.bat - containing:

    Code:
    taskkill /F /IM digital_clock.exe
    Right-click on the original .bat file, select 'Send to > Desktop (create shortcut)' then set the shortcut on the desktop to run it minimised. That's how I did it.
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  9. Posts : 175
    Windows 10 Version 6.2 (Build 9200) Home, 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    Ah yes, great, now it works, I made a ridiculous / stupid mistake, the wrong file was executed.

    Many thanks for the screenshot, I now have the same settings.
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  10. Posts : 31,398
    10 Home x64 (22H2) (10 Pro on 2nd pc)
       #10

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