Batch - start a cmd window with a command, but run in the background

Question

The title says it all: i want to start a cmd window with a command, but i want the window hidden

start cmd.exe /k "my command"

This does what I want, but the cmd window remains open, and upon closing i end the command too. I want to run the cmd.exe in the background. Is it possible?

Answer 1

This question was answered here: How to run a command on the background on Windows?

Basically, you just need the /b option from the start command.

If that does not help, go the VB way, creating a .vbs like this:

Dim WinScriptHost
Set WinScriptHost = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WinScriptHost.Run Chr(34) & "C:\Scheduled Jobs\mybat.bat" & Chr(34), 0
Set WinScriptHost = Nothing