Hidden Console Program

how do you make a console program that can only be seen under the processes window in the task manager?

As far as I know, all console programs open up a console window. If you don't want a console to pop up, get into windows programming.

Here's a rather hackish solution....

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main(void)
{
       
        HWND hConsole = FindWindow(NULL, "title of my window");

        ShowWindow(hConsole, SW_HIDE);

        getch();

        return 0;
}

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//edit: Here's one that'll work no matter where your program is located (the title bar usually displays your program's location)

Code:

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <windows.h>
#include <conio.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
        char tmp[50];

        sprintf(tmp, "\"%s\"", argv[0]);

       
        HWND hConsole = FindWindow(NULL, tmp);
        ShowWindow(hConsole, SW_HIDE);

        getch();

        return 0;
}

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