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Stop taskeng.exe window from popping up

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Mar 15, 202639911 views
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Problem

I have several processes scheduled in my Windows 7 environment, mainly for backups, that are supposed to run in the background. However instead of just doing it's work quietly in the background, the task scheduler pops up a black (console like) "taskeng.exe" window. The window goes in front of all …

Error Output

Set Shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Shell.Run C:\Users\danh\Bin\signatured.bat, 0, False

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Fix for: Stop taskeng.exe window from popping up

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More specifically to Daniel R Hicks' bounty/example, but I think it can still be applied to the original problem: If it's a batch file being launched from Task Scheduler, then instead of just launching the Batch file minimized/invisible, you probabl…

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