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Hide terminal pop up on Windows, like for Node's `pkg` binary output.
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hide-terminal.vbs
Dim objShell, objFSO, objFile, strArguments
Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.shell")
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
Set objFile = objFSO.GetFile(WScript.ScriptFullName)
For Each strArgument in WScript.Arguments
strArguments = strArguments & " " & strArgument
Next
objShell.Run """" & objFSO.GetParentFolderName(objFile) & "\" & objFSO.GetBaseName(WScript.ScriptFullName) & ".exe""" & strArguments, 0, False
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silverkorn commented Nov 2, 2018 •
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Just put it in the same directory as the executable and give it the same name but with the .vbs extension and use this script instead for your potential desktop shortcut.

This suggestion might not work properly with quoted arguments. If so, you might want to include this instead if judged necessary :
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/31095570/what-is-the-or-argument-list-equivalent-for-vbscript#answer-31100398
Or
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/40056204/how-do-i-get-raw-vbscript-command-line-arguments#answer-40056793

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