bat

Starts a new instance of the Windows XP command interpreter

CMD [/A | /U] [/Q] [/D] [/E:ON | /E:OFF] [/F:ON | /F:OFF] [/V:ON | /V:OFF] 

Switches:

• /A — Output is ANSI.

• /U — Output is Unicode.

• /Q — Turns echo off.

• /D — Disables execution of AutoRun commands.

• /E:ON | /E:OFF — Enables or disables command extensions.

• /F:ON | /F:OFF — Enables or disables file and directory name completion.

• /V:ON | /V:OFF — Enables or disables delayed environment variable expansion.

• /S — Modifies the treatment of the string after /C or /K (see below).

• /C — Carries out the command specified by the string and then terminates.

• /K — Carries out the command specified by the string but remains open.
  
  

e.g: open command prompt in specfic dir

@ECHO OFF

cmd.exe /K "cd C:\amroot\stash && C:"

Running .BAT or .CMD files hidden (invisible mode) Using Script

1. Copy the following lines to Notepad.

Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell") 

WshShell.Run chr(34) & "C:\Batch Files\syncfilestos3.bat" & Chr(34), 0

Set WshShell = Nothing

1. Note: Replace the batch file name/path accordingly in the script according to your requirement.

2. Save the file with .VBS extension, say launch_bat.vbs

3. Edit the .BAT file name and path accordingly, and save the file.

4. Double-click to run the launch_bat.vbs file, which in-turn launches the batch file syncfilestos3.bat invisibly.

use case : 

Configure windows scheduler to periodically run sync jobs to cloud without getting a terminal pop up