The simplest method of doing this under Win32 is to put '1' as the first parameter to system. 

system 1, q[put the command to run in the background here];

## The system command returns immediately.
## Do other things here.

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Qudos for bringing this undocumented feature to light goes to tye.

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In reply to Re: Running a process in the background by BrowserUk
in thread Running a process in the background by Anonymous Monk

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