There is any way to run processes in the background?

Question

There is any command line or .NET method that runs a process in the background hiding any window it tries to open?

Already tried:

 var process = new Process()
 {
      StartInfo = new ProcessStartInfo()
      {
          CreateNoWindow = true,
          WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden,
          FileName = TheRealExecutableFileNameHere
      }
 }
 process.Start();

With no success so far

Answer 1

I reviewed my code and it looks nearly identical to yours:

ProcessStartInfo psi = new ProcessStartInfo(fileName, arguments)
{
   CreateNoWindow = true,
   WindowStyle = ProcessWindowStyle.Hidden,
   UseShellExecute = false,
   RedirectStandardOutput = true                                               
};

Process process = Process.Start(psi);

The only notable difference (other than formatting and which PSI constructor we chose) is my use of UseShellExecute and RedirectStandardOutput as I needed to read the result of the ran process.

I have found the code above consistently runs a hidden process on XP and Vista. I have also found, however, and you may be experiencing the same, that a hidden process may kick off another process which by default isn't hidden. In other words, if you start hidden Process A and Process A, in turn, kicks off Process B, you have no control as to how Process B will be displayed. Windows which you have no control over may be displayed.

I hope this helps a little. Good luck.