By providing a Window Style with the -W option, you can control the appearance of the new process.
Value |
Name |
Meaning |
|---|---|---|
0 |
HIDE |
Hides the window and activates another window. |
1 |
SHOWNORMAL |
Activates and displays a window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when displaying the window for the first time. |
2 |
SHOWMINIMIZED |
Activates the window and displays it as a minimized window. |
3 |
SHOWMAXIMIZED |
Maximizes the specified window. |
4 |
SHOWNOACTIVATE |
Displays a window in its most recent size and position. This value is similar to SHOWNORMAL, except the window is not active. |
5 |
SHOW |
Activates the window and displays it in its current size and position. |
6 |
MINIMIZE |
Minimizes the specified window and activates the next top-level window in the Z order. |
7 |
SHOWMINNOACTIVE |
Displays the window as a minimized window. This value is similar to SHOWMINIMIZED, except the window is not activated. |
8 |
SHOWNA |
Displays the window in its current size and position. |
9 |
RESTORE |
Activates and displays the window. If the window is minimized or maximized, the system restores it to its original size and position. An application should specify this flag when restoring a minimized window. |
10 |
SHOWDEFAULT |
Sets the show state based on the value specified in the STARTUPINFO structure passed to the CreateProcess function by the program that started the application. |
11 |
FORCEMINIMIZE |
Windows 2000/XP: Minimizes a window, even if the thread that owns the window is hanging. This flag should be used only when minimizing windows from a different thread. |
