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>>RUN /r myfile.bat
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>While on the subject, do you (or anyone else) know how to make a BAT run completely silently in NTFS, like XP, with no real DOS?
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>I tried no Echos, plus an /s, /q and other switches, and some of them work "sort of," but still the DOS screen flash a few seconds (very tacky-looking, I'd rather just have the DOS window open than a funny, confusing flash).
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>Any ideas? There may be no way, I realize, as XP is really getting away from DOS, but it's still perfect for certain little tasks.
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>PS: We have WSH entirely disabled for security, so that's mainly why I'm using BATs.

Bruce,

Have you looked at Ed Rauh's API_APPRUN stuff? IIRC, he shows how to do what you want with batch files.