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Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)?

From	Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.msdos.batch, alt.comp.microsoft.windows
Subject	Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)?
Date	2022-04-21 18:42 +0100
Organization	Aioe.org NNTP Server
Message-ID	<t3s52e$1ddc$1@gioia.aioe.org> (permalink)

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Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does 
with the ampersand (so that you can kill the window but not the process)?

The problem that I have is I run a lot of commands from the Run icon in my
taskbar which bring up command windows to run scxripts but which leave
the unnecessary command window sitting around (which can be iconified).
 <https://i.postimg.cc/Y00vx4yp/scrcpy04.jpg> Extraneous cmd window (&)

As an example, for years I've been running commands from a shortcut target
such as this target below which end up leaving an open command window in the
taskbar after they call the process, which itself opens up its own window.
%comspec% /k cd /d "c:\app\editor\android\scrcpy" && adb connect 192.168.0.2:5555 && scrcpy --always-on-top --tcpip=192.168.0.2:5555

That reliably pops up the Android screen on Windows over Wi-Fi but then I
have absolutely no need for the command window to remain around as clutter.

Is there a way to get rid of the command Window and not kill the process?

In UNIX, I used to use the ampersand (&) to background the process.
The I could easily close the window & the background process would remain.

Does Windows have that concept of putting the command in the background so
that the window that called it can be closed (but the process remains)?

I have the same issue with openvpn windows where I don't need the extraneous
running open command window cluttering up what otherwise should be a clean
Windows user experience. I never enter another command in those windows.

And yet, I can accidentally interfere with the open window because it's
there and you can't get rid of it (other than to iconify it with the (-), 
but it's still there on the otherwise clean taskbar, just waiting to be 
opened by accident (and the icon looks like all other cmd window icons).

For those reasons... 

Is there a way to background a Windows command (e.g., "&") and then we can
safely _close_ that extraneous running command window to reduce clutter?
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Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-21 18:42 +0100
  Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2022-04-21 20:43 +0100
    Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-21 21:57 +0100
      Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2022-04-21 23:57 +0200
        Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-22 02:07 +0100
          Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-22 02:18 +0100
          Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2022-04-22 07:45 +0200
            Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-22 09:32 +0100
              Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2022-04-22 10:23 +0100
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? MikeS <MikeS@fred.com> - 2022-04-22 13:06 +0100
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? "Kerr-Mudd, John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2022-04-22 13:28 +0100
              Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2022-04-22 13:40 +0200
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-22 22:26 +0100
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2022-04-23 09:12 +0200
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-23 13:36 +0100
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2022-04-23 17:04 +0200
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2022-04-23 17:07 +0200
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-23 20:13 +0100
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2022-04-23 17:15 +0200
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-23 17:53 +0100
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-23 17:22 +0100
                Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-29 17:49 +0100
  Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-23 14:17 +0100
    Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-23 14:25 +0100
  Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Robert Roland <fake@ddress.no> - 2022-04-23 15:46 +0200
    Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-23 15:59 +0100
      Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Robert Roland <fake@ddress.no> - 2022-04-24 00:34 +0200
        Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-24 04:09 +0100
          Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Herbert Kleebauer <klee@unibwm.de> - 2022-04-24 18:07 +0200
            Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-25 01:06 +0100
    The various kinds of Windows applications... (Was: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)?) gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) - 2022-04-24 12:44 +0000
      Re: The various kinds of Windows applications... (Was: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)?) Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-27 12:14 +0100
  Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? "Mr. Man-wai Chang" <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> - 2022-04-24 00:19 +0800
    Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-29 16:54 +0100
  Re: Is there a way to put a command window in the background like Linux does (so that you can kill it)? Andy Burnelli <spam@nospam.com> - 2022-04-27 12:19 +0100

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