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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 19:33:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: Dave Hooper <dave AT rebuzz DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Explorer Shell shortcuts with a DOS shell
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On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Dave Hooper wrote:

> You know what I would do?  I'd write a tiny .exe (for Win32) wrapper around
> cmd.exe and use that to execute your .bat which in turn spawns bash, etc.
> Why?  Because as far as I know there's no way to instruct a shortcut to 'run
> hidden' (you can run Minimized, though).
>
> [snip]
>
> But, if the command shell window is 'really very' annoying, write a cheesy
> .exe that does a CreateProcess() on cmd.exe and specifies the SW_HIDE flag
> on launch.

There is a program already that does exactly that.  Check out
<http://www.neuro.gatech.edu/users/cwilson/cygutils/run/index.html>.
	Igor

> [snip]
> dave
>
> > From: "Mutiso, Anthony" <anthony DOT mutiso AT aquila DOT com>
> > I am searching for way to build Explorer shell integration tools
> > that I can call from say the Explorer "Send To" menu and have it
> > execute a shell script without the annoying DOS shell.

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