in reply to Re^4: Invoking the Windows command line for selected directories
in thread Invoking the Windows command line for selected directories

DETACHED_PROCESS is used to create processes that don't have a console. They are 'detached' from the console; think *nix-style deamon processes and win32 services (though the latter can also have a console!).

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