"Run hidden" for user command ?

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"Run hidden" for user command ?

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Why user command not have a "Run hidden" other that minimized and maximized?
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Maybe because u can do it with the Parameter field.
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Re: "Run hidden" for user command ?

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How to do with Parameter field?
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Re: "Run hidden" for user command ?

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On my TC i have a Button to make a manual Backup with an Powershell Script, this runs hidden.

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Start-Process pwsh.exe -ArgumentList '-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -NoProfile -WindowStyle Hidden -File C:\tcmd\Scripte\apps_bck\Apps_bck.ps1' -Verb RunAs
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Re: "Run hidden" for user command ?

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It is insane to use other process only for start main hidden.
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Re: "Run hidden" for user command ?

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2Native2904
Please don't mislead the user. -WindowStyle Hidden doesn't allow a console program to start hidden; it only hides it after the console appears, which is not the same thing at all. Therefore, we still have to use additional tools (WSH scripts, hide.exe, etc.).

I agree that the hide option should have appeared 25 years ago, just like this one.
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Re: "Run hidden" for user command ?

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Thank you for clarificaion
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