cmdow @ /HID

[BoardBabe]

what does that do?

[sleepnmojo]

hides the command window from the user

[Tsunami]

CMDOW [Version 1.4.2]Win32 Commandline Window Utility for NT4/W2K/XP.

© Copyright 2001-2002 Ritchie Lawrence, http://www.commandline.co.uk.

  CMDOW [window | /T] [/F] [/P]

  CMDOW /TH | /TV | /MA | /CW | /UW | /AT | /FS | /WM

  CMDOW window {[/ACT] [/iNA] [/ENA] [/DIS] [/VIS] [/HID] [/MIN] [/MAX] [/RES]

        [/TOP] [/NOT] [/REN caption] [/MOV left top] [/sIZ width height] [/CLS]

        [/END]}

  CMDOW /RUN [state] file [args]

  window  List specified window (if omitted, all windows are listed).

  /T      List windows only shown on the taskbar.

  /B      List windows using bare format (no heading information).

  /F      List windows showing full information (don't truncate any fields).

  /P      List windows showing position and size (left, top, width and height).

  /TH  Tile windows horizontally.    /TV  Tile windows vertically.

  /MA  Minimize all windows.      /CW  Cascade windows.

  /UW  Undo tile/minimize/cascade. /AT  Intelligent [Alt]-[Tab]

  /FS  Switch to full screen mode. /WM  Switch to window mode.

  /ACT    Activate specified window.    /INA    Inactivate specified window.

  /ENA    Enable specified window.      /DIS    Disable specified window.

  /VIS    Unhide specified window.      /HID    Hide specified window.

  /MIN    Minimize specified window.    /MAX    Maximize specified window.

  /RES    Restore specified window.  /REN    Rename specified window.

  /TOP    Make window always on top.    /NOT    Make window not always on top.

  /MOV    Move specified window.        /SIZ    Resize specified window.

  /CLS    Close specified window.    /END    Kill process linked to window.

  /RUN    Executes or opens specified file using associated application.

  state Initial show state of window (/MIN, /MAX or /HID). Default is normal.

  args    Optional commandline arguments passed to launched application.

  Specify a window by its caption (case insensitive) or handle in hex format.

  The At symbol '@' may be used to refer to this window. For more help on any

  parameter use CMDOW /? <parameter>. Eg CMDOW /? /RUN or CMDOW /? window.