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Hiding the Console in Windows XP

4 replies on 1 page. Most recent reply: Mar 19, 2003 6:57 PM by Matt Gerrans

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Ryan

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Hiding the Console in Windows XP Posted: Mar 19, 2003 11:26 AM
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Does anyone know how to hide the java console in Windows XP? I have tried using javaw and JStart but no joy. Does anyone have the secret?

Ryan, UK.


Matt Gerrans

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Re: Hiding the Console in Windows XP Posted: Mar 19, 2003 1:15 PM
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How are you running the program? Javaw should do the trick, unless you are calling it from a batch file or something silly like that.

Ryan

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Re: Hiding the Console in Windows XP Posted: Mar 19, 2003 4:15 PM
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Yes I am running it from a batch file. Is there another way to create a shortcut to my application?

Matt Gerrans

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Re: Hiding the Console in Windows XP Posted: Mar 19, 2003 6:54 PM
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Yes indeed there is. In fact, the way to do it is to create a shortcut -- which is a .lnk file. So, right click in some folder (or directory if you will), and choose "New / Shortcut" from the menu; then, just browse to the Java bin directory and use Javaw as the program and finish up. Then right click on the new shortcut and choose properties; from there, change the target to "[java bin path]\javaw.exe YourMainClass" and make the startup directory be where that class file is. You can change the icon, too. You can execute this lnk file from another program or by double-clicking, etc.

Matt Gerrans

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Re: Hiding the Console in Windows XP Posted: Mar 19, 2003 6:57 PM
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By the way, there are several million other methods of achieving the same effect, I only mentioned one above to save virtual paper.

FYE, if you want to add more fancy preamble and postamble processing, you could use a JScript (.js file, not to be confused with JavaScript, or java) which you launch with wscript.exe.

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