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Would it be worth mentioning in the README that prepending SilentCMD with start "" can prevent the command prompt from appearing at all (source)? I found it useful for startup scripts.

Example: C:\Users\<USER>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup\sshd-interactive-mode.bat:

start "" C:\Users\<USER>\bin\SilentCMD\SilentCMD.exe ^
"C:\Program Files\OpenSSH\sshd.exe" ^
-f C:\Users\<USER>\.ssh\sshd_config

start "" here prevents the cmd prompt from appearing on start. Without it the cmd prompt window lingers on the desktop even though the program exited.

But maybe it's obvious for more experienced windows users/admins.

Great utility by the way - thank you!

When no log path is provided, SilentCMD should create a default log file under %temp%\SilentCMD.log

I tried put one of these in config file - and nothing is run - only dialog appears:

"C:\tmp\SilentCMD\test.bat"
C:\tmp\SilentCMD\test.bat
test.bat

Support /? command line parameter to show a help dialog.

Example: /LOG:"%temp%\test.log"

Is there a way to print the log timestamps in international format?

YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.ms (24 hr)

So that the timestamp is consistent regardless of user's OS region settings!

This also includes having leading zeros. so a time of 8:35:3.344 would be shown as 08:35:03.334. Again, this is for consistency in the timestamp format.

I would also like to see you skip a line (insert blank line) between each command that is run within the CMD/BAT script

And skip 2 lines at the end. So that if append mode is used, it is easier to see when the run occurs when scanning the log visually.

option to show duration time of CMD run in seconds. You can print this on a separate line right after : Finished "path\to\script.CMD"

Duration: 52.2531243 seconds. or HH:mm:ss,ms format might be good. Or both

Duration: 00:00:52.2531243 or 52.2531243 seconds.

Great program btw. Thank you.

Is there a way that this utility can support any installed .NET Framework? It prompts to install .NET 3.5 if it isn't installed.

If you launch PowerShell from Task Scheduler (+ parameters) a console will flash for a moment even using "-WindowStyle hidden".
Do you know an equivalent of SilenCMD to hide PowerShell console completely?

When we only put filename, and run silentCMD under elevated mode (run as administrator), it cannot find the file.

<setting name="DefaultBatchFilePath" serializeAs="String">
      <value>test.bat</value>
</setting>

I have to change the Environment.CurrentDirectory + filename
become Path.GetDirectoryName(Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().Location) + filename.
Then it only able to find the file for both normal mode & elevated mode.

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This is a great program. Thanks.

should SilentCMD.exe still be running in Task Manager after its done the thing I told it to do in Task Scheduler?

I would be great if we can pass custom process title, to able to detect which proccess is running

https://prnt.sc/PxxI26I2YOA7

the batch "title XXX" does not affecting the taskmanager due is running through silentCMD

In the config xml
How would you specify username and password ?

<setting name="DefaultBatchFileArguments" serializeAs="String">
    <value>username="admin"</value>
    <value>password="password"</value>
</setting>

SilentCMD [BatchFile [BatchArguments]] [Options]

Options:
/LOG:file :: output status to LOG file (overwrite existing log).
/LOG+:file :: output status to LOG file (append to existing log).
/DELAY:seconds ( delay the execution of BAT/CMD file by xxxx seconds )

Examples
SilentCMD c:\DoSomething.bat
SilentCMD c:\MyBatch.cmd MyParam1 /LOG:c:\MyLog.txt
SilentCMD c:\MyBatch.cmd /LOG+:c:\MyLog.txt
SilentCMD c:\MyBatch.cmd /DELAY:3600 /LOG+:c:\MyLog.txt

--- Very useful at boot for NET commands