On 21 October 2014 10:51, John Wiersba wrote: > I'm trying to use run.exe to avoid a flashing console window, but it is not > working on my cygwin64 install on Win7Pro-64. This is a fresh install from > 10/20/2014. I've attached my cygcheck.out. I've tried the following windows > shortcuts and all cause a console window to briefly flash (in the case of > mintty a console window flashes before the mintty terminal is displayed). > > D:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /bin/bash -c "echo hi" > D:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /bin/env -i PATH=/bin bash --norc -c "echo hi" > D:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /bin/env -i PATH=/bin mintty bash --norc > > > Since hiding the console window is the main purpose of run.exe, it seems that > it is badly broken for Win7Pro-64.
Short answer: minimize the shortcut window. Long answer: In windows explorer, right click on the shortcut and select "Properties" from the context menu (it's the last item). On the "Shortcut" tab (it's the default tab), change the value of the drop down labeled "Run:" from "Normal window" to "Minimized". Click "OK". Now, that flashing window will open minimized, which is much less noticeable. It may not even paint on the task bar before the mintty window opens. On my machine, the mintty icon paints to the right of a blank icon space, and immediately slides left to abut the previous icons on the task bar. If your task bar is hidden, you may not even see that. For clarity, let me describe the process for creating your shortcut: In windows explorer, right click in a directory (i.e. the right pane), select "New" -> "Shortcut". In the frst panel of the shortcut wizard, enter "D:\cygwin\bin\run.exe" as the location. At this point you can only enter the name of the executable without command line arguments. Click "Next" and in the second panel of the shortcut wizard, enter a name for the shortcut and click "OK". Now right click on the shortcut and select "Properties". On the "Shortcut" tab, change the Target:" text box to add arguments to the exe's command line, so the box contains "D:\cygwin\bin\run.exe /bin/env -i PATH=/bin mintty bash --norc". You could also change the target to "D:\cygwin\bin\env.exe -i PATH=/bin mintty bash --norc" with equivalent result. Or even "D:\cygwin64\bin\mintty.exe ./env.exe -i PATH=/bin bash --norc", now you set "Run:" to "Normal window". BTW, this search may help to discover how to create a shortcut from the command line. https://www.google.com/search?q=create+windows+shortcut+command+line Doug -- Doug Henderson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
