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How would you minimize a running windows service using batch file or cmd lets say firefox.exe to start up and run minimized or minimized to system tray?

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    Do any of these asnwers point you in the right direction: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2106723/how-to-minimize-the-command-prompt-when-running-a-batch-script – Kane Apr 01 '13 at 07:57
  • not very helpful ... talks on minimizing the cmd – Jimmy Obonyo Abor Apr 01 '13 at 08:00
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    @jimmyobonyo Its the same thing if you call **start /min firefox** it will start minimized. However theres a caveat dont do this with Firefox window open because then it will not do this, unless you start a new session. There is no way for batch to start things in the system tray unless the software itself has switches for this. But then that's not a batch issue – joojaa Apr 01 '13 at 08:21

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You call start /min firefox it will start minimized. However theres a caveat dont do this with Firefox window open because then it will not do this, unless you start a new session. There is no way for batch to start things in the system tray unless the software itself has switches for this. But then that's not a batch issue

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