How to run Console Application in Background (no UI)?

.net console-application background-process
Josh Stodola picture Josh Stodola · Feb 10, 2010 · Viewed 32.5k times · Source

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.Net Console Application that Doesn’t Bring up a Console

I have a console application written in VB.NET that will become a scheduled task on a web server. It will run every ten minutes. The problem is that every ten minutes it displays the empty black CMD window while processing, which can be distracting. How can I configure it to run in the background (with no CMD window displayed)?

Answer

Arthur picture Arthur · Feb 10, 2010

Set on your Project in "Application" the Output Type to "Windows Application".

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