Question

How would I write the following windows command in powershell?

start /b /min FeedDemon.exe

When I run that on the command line, it minimizes the window fine and works great in a startup script. But in powershell, I cannot get the same results when I try:

start-process -FilePath FeedDemon.exe -WindowStyle Minimized

I am still learning powershell (and Windows in general) so please be gentle.

Answer 1

The /b argument to start indicates that the program should run without popping a new console window. The direct translation to powershell would be

Start-Process FeedDemon.exe -NoNewWindow -WindowStyle Minimized

If that doesn’t work, just call it the old fashioned way, from Powershell

cmd.exe /c start /b /min FeedDemon.exe