Question

I dont know if this is possible but when at command prompt, I do something like:

C:\explorer.exe “http://LaunchURL”

it tries to open up a internet explorer browser window and goes to the LaunchURL. However, I do not want the browser window to show up as the LaunchURL is a click once deployment URL…So basically, what happens is it shows up briefly and then the clickonce deployment starts up as expected.

Is there a way to fake the system so as not to show the window or hide it perhaps?

Thanks

Answer 1

Sure. You can do this through PowerShell and an IE object. Just don’t make it visible:

$ie = new-object -com "InternetExplorer.Application"
$ie.navigate("http://launchurl")

If you ever needed to see the window for troubleshooting, use this:

$ie.visible = $true