background a process, return to prompt

[David Jones]

>-----Original Message-----
>Howdy:
>
>Is there a way to run a process in the background, from
the command line,
>and have the command line return to the prompt, so that
subsequent programs
>may be run?

"start /min <program>" will launch a process in a new
window, minimizing it. There is not an easy way to
launch a process totally hidden, if it is not written to
run as a service.

>
>As an addendum, is there a command which allows to me
view which processes
>are running, and possibly allow me to selectively
terminate processes?

Ctrl-Alt-Del, choose Task Manager, run "taskmgr.exe",
right-click the taskbar, select Task Manager. They all
launch the same thing. You can also use "tasklist" from
a command prompt, but you cannot kill processes this way.

>
>Are there help files on this? What would I search on
to get more
>information on this?

Start->Help & Support has lots of useful
information. "HELP" from a command prompt will give you
things the command interpeter understands.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet and
http://www.google.com are good references for general
questions.




>
>Thanks very much.
>
>pdm
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