in reply to Statusbar icon "shell" to hide console window?

I don't know about win2k but on win98, I simply drag and drop the server script from explorer onto the taskbar, that creates an icon for it. The first time I click on the icon, the server sript comes up in a DOS console window. I click in the upper left corner of that window and get a menu with "Properties" as one of the options. I select Properties and then have the option to fill in the "Run" box as "Normal, minimized, mazimized". I select minimized, then close the window. Thereafter when I click on the taskbar icon the server runs minimized and I don't see any console window.
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Re: Re: Statusbar icon "shell" to hide console window?
by The Mad Hatter (Priest) on Mar 21, 2004 at 19:27 UTC
    I think the OP wants a tray icon from which to control the script and hide the DOS box from view at all (both of which can be done), not a taskbar shortcut.
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      Well, my way will hide the DOS box from view, but you're right, it won't provide a tray icon to control the app.
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        But the DOS box is still in the taskbar, no?
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