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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