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snippet used to spawn touch designer minimized - for use from WITHIN touchdesigner to launch a separate instance
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spawn_td_minimized.py
import os
import psutil
import subprocess
touch = "{}/TouchDesigner099.exe".format(app.binFolder)
inst = "{}/example_file.toe".format(project.folder)
SW_MINIMIZE = 6
info = subprocess.STARTUPINFO()
info.dwFlags = subprocess.STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW
info.wShowWindow = SW_MINIMIZE
process = subprocess.Popen([touch, inst], startupinfo=info)
pid = process.pid
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