c++ - Hide the console of a C program in the Windows OS

Question

I want to hide my console of C when I run my application. How can I make my application run in the background?

Answer 1

Programs with main() by default are compiled as SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE applications and get a console window. If you own the other processes your application is starting, you could modify them to be windowed applications by one of the following methods:

• Modify them to use WinMain() instead of main(). This is the typical approach but requires modifying code. (If the reason for using main() is for easy access to argc/argv, MSVC provides global __argc/__argv equivalents for windowed applications.)
• Explicitly specifying the subsystem and entry point via /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS /ENTRY:main arguments to link.exe.
• Use editbin.exe to change the subsystem type after the fact. This one might be useful if you don't have source code access to the spawned processes.