open program minimized via command prompt

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I have a windows 8 1 machine and I want to open a program with minimized window  For a program like notepad  I just use the following command   start  min     C  Windows notepad exe      and then a new notepad window starts in minimized mode   The problem is that not all programs do this  When I want to start for instance MS Word in minimized mode I use   start  min     C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft Office Office12 WINWORD EXE    but then a new Word windows starts up in MAXIMIZED mode   Is there a way to start it minimized

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You could try using the third-party tool called NirCmd. It is a genuine, free command line utility. If or when you have it, use this code in a batch file:

title Open Word
nircmd win hide title "Open Word"
start "C:\Program" "Files" "(x86)\Microsoft" "Office\Office12\WINWORD.exe
nircmd wait 20
nircmd win min foreground
exit

This program, in order, changes its title, hides itself according to its title, starts Word, waits 20 milliseconds as a buffer for Word to settle, minimizes Word by assuming it is now the top window, and then exits itself. This program should work as intended as long as their are no key presses or clicks in that ~50 millisecond time window, which shouldn't be hard.

As for installing nircmd on your computer, use this link, and click "Download NirCmd" at the bottom of the page. Save the .zip folder to a normal directory (like "My Documents"), extract it, and copy "nircmd.exe" to %systemroot%\system32, and there you go. Now you have nircmd included with your command line utilities.

User · Answer

The answer is simple  Just look at the image

User · Answer

If the application is already open  even in background   it will be restored by  start  command  Exit the program if running then  max or  min will work

User · Answer

Try this   Go to the properties of the shortcut that points to the program  ALT nbsp ENTER or right nbsp click- properties   if there is no shortcut to it  you can make it by dragging and dropping the program while holding CTRL nbsp SHIFT  Click in the Normal window dropdown  and choose minimized  Save and run the shortcut

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Local Windows 10 ActiveMQ server      echo off start  min     C  Install apache-activemq 5 15 10 bin win64 activemq bat  start

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For the people which are looking for the opposite  aka fullscreen   it s very simple  Because you just have to replace the settings  min by  max   Now the program will be open at the  maximized  size   In the case  perhaps you will need an example   start  max explorer exe

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I tried this commands in my PC It is working fine      To open notepad in minimized mode   start  min     C  Windows notepad exe    To open MS word in minimized mode   start  min     C  Program Files Microsoft Office Office14 WINWORD EXE

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Try    start      C  Program Files  x86  Microsoft Office Office12 WINWORD EXE  --new-window min   I had the same problem  but I was trying to open chrome exe maximized   If I put the  min anywhere else in the command line  like before or after the empty title  it was ignored

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