How to start notepad.exe in hidden mode in windows application?

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Hi All,

I am trying to start notepad.exe in hidden mode like below is the code which i have written:-

C#

try
{
ProcessStartInfo startInfo = new ProcessStartInfo();
startInfo.CreateNoWindow = false;
startInfo.UseShellExecute = false;
startInfo.FileName = "notepad.exe";
startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden;
startInfo.Arguments = @"C:\Users\Sujeet\Documents\test.txt";
}
catch
{
//
}

but the problem is process(i.e. notepad.exe) gets successfully started but startInfo.WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden is not working. I have surfed net for this problem but wasnot able to get the proper solution.

Please help me !!! Thanks in Advance!

Posted 7-May-15 20:36pm

Member 11674098

Updated 7-May-15 23:36pm

Maciej Los

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Thanks7872 8-May-15 2:46am

Hidden notepad? I've never heard of such thing before. What will you do with that BTW?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-May-15 2:48am

Just the nonsense. I would suggest to remove this post and go ahead.
—SA

Thanks7872 8-May-15 2:57am

I would have ignored this but thought we can recommend something if he explains what he is upto.

Congratulations..! Keep up the good work.! :thumbsup:

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-May-15 3:00am

Thank you, Rohan.
—SA

[no name] 8-May-15 4:41am

If its of no sense then why you have wasted your time to comment.

Sinisa Hajnal 8-May-15 2:50am

startInfo.CreateNoWindow = false; If you don't want the window, shouldn't this be startInfo.CreateNoWindow = true; ??

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-May-15 3:01am

It all makes no sense. Even just starting Notepad. Software developers don't do that. I'm not sure I have to explain why. Rather, you need to explain why you are trying to do something like that.
—SA

[no name] 8-May-15 4:23am

Its just an example, I have to do the same with windows application in OpenSpan Technology.
If you donot want to comment or dont have the answer so please dont comment.

Mehdi Gholam 8-May-15 5:10am

State your question clearly, we have to filter a lot of spam questions in this forum, and commenting is a way to do this.

[no name] 8-May-15 5:20am

That doesnot mean every person have to do the same task writing nonsense words. I have posted my query and I am not wasting my time to write the code and then post it on this site.
Please I am sorry if you are thinking in this way.

[no name] 8-May-15 5:24am

Disgusting I got my answer from another site.
Thanks a lot for your poor and meaningless response.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 8-May-15 10:13am

Sorry, but you lost you chance to avoid wasting your time. Sorry for not answering. This is your mistake to get our responses as meaningless. You need to motivate your questions, to get something useful. Someone answered you without all that? Why do you think you gained anything? We really wanted to help you, not just "answer".
—SA

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webmaster442 · Answer 1 · 2015-05-07T23:55:00

Solution 1

C#

[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);

then simply call it like this:

C#

Process p = new Process();
startInfo.FileName = "notepad.exe";
p.Start();
ShowWindow(p.MainWindowHandle, 0);

Posted 7-May-15 23:55pm

webmaster442