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I searched the forum for hid* in titles, but couldn't find anything similar except for cmdow.
Let me introduce a small utility that completely hides console windows. All credit goes to a member of Russian board OSZone.net hasherfrog who wrote the utility exclusively for OSZone.net members and welcomed its sharing with MSFN community. [LOL, that sounds like a huge gift
] In fact, the author didn't have unattended installations in mind, he just wrote an utility in responce to one of the threads. That was me who thought about unattended installations.The utility is attached to the post.
====Changelog======
06/28/05 The utility size reduced to 1 kb, switch /W made case insensitive, usage window is displayed when run w/o parameters.
06/27/05 Added /W switch
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Usage
Quote
RunHiddenConsole.exe [/W]<path>\yourfile
yourfile can be either a batch file or any command line (console) utility.
/W - (case-insensitive) waits for a batch file or console utility to end
Example of usage:
Runs cleanup.cmd hidden
#include <process.h>
#include <windows.h>
// Отключаем станд. библиотеки
#pragma comment(linker,"/NODEFAULTLIB")
// Объединяем секции кода и данных
#pragma comment(linker,"/MERGE:.rdata=.text")
// Разрешаем запись в секцию кода
#pragma comment(linker,"/SECTION:.text,EWRX")
// Новая точка входа
#pragma comment(linker,"/ENTRY:NewWinMain")
//int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInst,HINSTANCE hPrev,LPSTR lpszCmd,int nCmd)
void NewWinMain(void)
{
STARTUPINFO si;
PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
int bWait = 0;
DWORD exitcode = 0;
char stopchar = ' ';
char* lpszCmd = GetCommandLine();
// Определяем символ, который будет символизировать конец имени исполняемого файла
if (lpszCmd[0] == '\"') stopchar = '\"';
// Прокручиваем строку до начала параметров запуска
// "lpszCmd[0] != 0" - более-менее надёжная страховка от выхода за пределы буфера
do { lpszCmd++; } while ((lpszCmd[0] != stopchar) && (lpszCmd[0] != 0));
// Если остались пробелы или табы, пробегаем и мимо них
if (lpszCmd[0] != 0)
{
do { lpszCmd++; }
while ((lpszCmd[0] != 0) && ((lpszCmd[0] == ' ') || (lpszCmd[0] == '\t')));
};
// Выводим сообщение об ошибке, если параметров запуска не оказалось
if (lpszCmd[0] == 0)
{
MessageBox(0, "About:\n\nhidec hides console window of started program & waits (opt.) for its termination\n\nUsage:\n\n\thidec [/w] <filename>\n\nWhere:\n\n/w\twait for program termination\nfilename\texecutable file name", "Error: Incorrect usage", 0);
ExitProcess(0);
};
/* "парсер" :-) */
if ((lpszCmd[0] == '/')&&(((lpszCmd[1])|0x20) == 'w')&&(lpszCmd[2] == ' '))
{
bWait = 1;
lpszCmd += 3;
};
// встаем на первый символ в имени файла для запуска
while ((lpszCmd[0] != 0) && ((lpszCmd[0] == ' ') || (lpszCmd[0] == '\t'))) lpszCmd++;
/* create process with new console */
//нехитрая замена memset(&si,0,sizeof(si)); - кстати, а зачем?
unsigned char *ps = (unsigned char*)&si;
for (unsigned int i = 0; i < sizeof(si); i++) ps[ i ] = 0x00;
si.cb = sizeof(si);
si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
si.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
if( CreateProcess( NULL, lpszCmd,
NULL, NULL, FALSE, CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE,
NULL, NULL, & si, & pi ) )
{
if (bWait) WaitForSingleObject(pi.hProcess, INFINITE);
CloseHandle( pi.hProcess );
CloseHandle( pi.hThread );
}
else
exitcode = GetLastError();
/* terminate this */
ExitProcess(exitcode);
}
Q. How do I compile?
A. The author uses Visual C++ Toolkit and this is how he compiles:
cl hidec.cpp /GA /O1 /link /subsystem:windows kernel32.lib advapi32.lib user32.lib
Q. I have more questions!
A. This is what the thread is for. I'll try to answer them, but the author, probably, will not.
Thanks for your attention. I hope at least one person will find the utility useful; otherwise I wasted my [working] time typing the post LOL
Attached File(s)
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RunHiddenConsole.exe (1.5K)
Number of downloads: 3530
This post has been edited by VAD: 10 July 2005 - 11:01 PM
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I know you know what I mean VAD (reminds me...the Unattended site should be getting an overhaul shortly).
However, mods search differently, 'cause they read all topics and often remember the titles or even some posts 
