CREATE_NO_WINDOW|DETACHED_PROCESS

##</code><code>##

my $apache_obj;
Win32::Process::Create(
    $apache_obj,
    "\\ws\\server\\Apache\\Apache.exe",
    "apache -f $apache_dir\\httpd.conf",
    0,
    CREATE_NO_WINDOW|DETACHED_PROCESS,
    "."
) || die "Starting webserver: $!\n";