making a stealthy win32 console application?

is there a way to make a win32 console application (the one with the dos wondow) run "silently", so you cant tell that it is running? or do i have to use a win32 application or something else?
anyhelp is very appreciated

I dont see how you can make a console app run "silently" since a console app requires a console.

If you want to write a simple app that cant be seen, just use the WinMain() entry point instead of main().

An example:

Code:

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#include <windows.h>

int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,
    LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
    // No console shown
    return 0;
}

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Also note that you can still tell this type of app is running, because it shows up in the task manager. If you want the app to run in a way where you cant tell it's running at all (not even in task manager) then that is quite a bit harder to do. I also hesitate on showing people how to do this, because there aren't that many legitamate reason for writing this type of application (mostly just viruses/trojans).