mathematica start front end and eval notebook from command line

Question

Is there a way to start up a mathematica front end (GUI) from a (Windows) command prompt and have it eval a notebook without further user action?

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Answer 1

Aha...!!

Needs["JLink`"]; 
$FrontEndLaunchCommand="C:\\Program Files\\Wolfram Research\\Mathematica\\6.0\\Mathematica.exe";
ConnectToFrontEnd[];
UseFrontEnd[Module[{}, ...

follow up..for completeness --- the above $FrontEndLaunchCommand causes the GUI to come up so you can observe the evaluation (What I wanted). The default is to run a front end in a background server mode, so you have acess to front end functions but cant see it run.