You can use the buttons at the bottom to copy the command, automatically create a shortcut or add an autostart entry into the registry. Step 3 shows the output command that has to be manually run.

Other setup options like priority or starting directory are not essential unless you know the script requires them.

Manually add or drop your batch file onto the window, make sure “ Hide console window” is checked and optionally check “Run with highest privileges” if your script requires it. Unzip and run the program with HStartUI.exe, the process consists of three steps. Since version 4.3, Hidden Start is no longer portable and also pops up a nag every time you try to run a hidden console, which makes it useless for this purpose. We are using version 4.2 from 2013 because it’s portable and not as restricted as newer versions. Hidden Start is a portable and quite powerful tool that can launch executables and scripts with several useful options. Run a Silent Batch Script Using a Third Party UtilityĪ simple and common solution for running a batch file silently is launching it via a third party utility that suppresses the console window.

For example, if a script has been converted into an executable and requires interaction, you won’t be able to do anything and the process will stay in Task Manager until it’s manually killed. When using a method to hide the console window make sure the batch script contains no commands that are likely to stop the script before it exits, such as pause or requiring user input like a Yes/No response. Here we show you some different ways to make your batch script run silently without a console window showing. There is no standard built in way to completely hide the console window from showing so if you want to do that another solution is required. This can be important if you want to interact or see what is happening while the batch file is running but a bit annoying if you want to run the batch script quietly in the background or while starting windows.įor short batch files, the console window may appear and disappear in a flash or stay open for longer if more commands are being executed. One inconvenience with running batch files is that they always open a console window which shows the output of the commands being executed. More experienced users will know that running command line commands can be very useful for a range of tasks and grouping everything into a single batch file to process it all together can be very powerful. Most ordinary Windows users never use the Command Prompt and have no idea what sort of things you can do from the command line.

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