How to call CMD without opening a window

Question

I\'ve an C++ method (using Visual Studio, if it helps) that calls to cmd like this:

start \\B example.exe arg1 arg2 arg3

The problem is tha

Answer 1

I dont know how to do it in C++ but to open a new command prompt window that is also minimized (or "hidden") using a batch file i would use:

start /min cmd

Or if you start the command prompt you can type:

@echo off
cls && start /b cmd

This restarts the current command prompt window with out closing it, however all previously set environment variables are reset. Hope this helps!

(PS. This was tested and was successful on Windows 7 Ultimate OS)