if i were u, id do this, if your familiar with autoit (or not) but instead of using cmdow make an autoit script called hideme Hideme.au3 Opt("TrayIconHide", 0) Opt("TrayIconDebug", 0) Run($CmdLine[1] & "", "", @SW_HIDE ) usage: hideme filename.bat/cmd/exe/whatever makes the file execute in the background