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Asked: 2026-05-19T22:07:43+00:00

I created a Win32 Console application, and hide the cmd window. So if my

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I created a Win32 Console application, and hide the cmd window. So if my application is running, it can be seen only by the running processes. If there is a way, i want to modify my applicaition in the following way:
If i define a parameter it should show the cmd window, but if i don’t use this parameter then it should running without showing the cmd window.

I have disabled showing the cmd window the following way:

#pragma comment( linker, "/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS" )

int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow )
{
 ...
 ...
 ...
}

Has anyone an idea how to do this?

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  1. Editorial Team

    The lpCmdLine parameter to WinMain gives you access to the command-line for the program. You can simply read its value and then take the appropriate action based on its value.

    EDIT: The actual mechanics of displaying a console in Windows are a bit tricky. You have to create the console, then redirect the standard output streams to write to it. There’s a great discussion of this here that does a great job detailing how this works and what code you need to get the job done.

    Hope this helps!

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