How to launch console application using CreateProcess with Minimized main window?

You need to specify in the STARTUPINFO structure that you want your console window to be initially minimized.

You need to specify in the STARTUPINFO structure that you want your console window to be initially minimized: ZeroMemory(&si); si. Cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO); si. DwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW; si.

WShowWindow = SW_MINIMIZE.

That only works on native Windows apps, not console mode apps. – Hans Passant Dec 7 '10 at 19:19 @Hans, really? The documentation has a special case for "GUI processes", so what's the general case if console apps are not supported?

:) – Frédéric Hamidi Dec 7 '10 at 19:22 Not sure what you are asking. The value is passed to WinMain, nCmdShow argument. Console mode apps don't have a WinMain.

Lots of GUI apps ignore it as well. – Hans Passant Dec 7 '10 at 19:27 Actually, it worked on both a native console app and a Qt Windows app. Thanks.

– photo_tom Dec 7 '10 at 19:28 @Hans, the special case in the doc is: For GUI processes, the first time ShowWindow is called, its nCmdShow parameter is ignored. So I don't think they have a choice (unless they never call ShowWindow()). Nothing is said about the value being passed to WinMain(), it's only supposed to be used when ShowWindow() is called with SW_SHOWDEFAULT.

– Frédéric Hamidi Dec 7 '10 at 19:31.

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