Start WSL GUI apps without command prompt

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date: Apr 20, 2018
tags:
- WSL
- GUI
language: English
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When using this method to start application from desktop, a command prompt will always started at the back:

So there is a solution to the problem to stop command prompt to be shown along the apps.

Firstly, create a file with name runHidden.vbs with following content (CRLF style required), and place it at some proper place:

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' Simple command-line help.
select case WScript.Arguments(0)
case "-?", "/?", "-h", "--help"
WScript.echo "Usage: runHidden executable [...]" & vbNewLine & vbNewLine & "Runs the specified command hidden (without a visible window)."
WScript.Quit(0)
end select

' Separate the arguments into the executable name
' and a single string containing all arguments.
exe = WScript.Arguments(0)
sep = ""
for i = 1 to WScript.Arguments.Count -1
' Enclose arguments in "..." to preserve their original partitioning.
args = args & sep & """" & WScript.Arguments(i) & """"
sep = " "
next

' Execute the command with its window *hidden* (0)
WScript.CreateObject("Shell.Application").ShellExecute exe, args, "", "open", 0

Then you can launch your GUI application using the command below:

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> wscript Address\to\runHidden.vbs bash -c <GUI application>

This feature will also be included in the future release of wslu.

Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41225711/wsl-run-linux-from-windows-without-spawning-a-cmd-window
Credit to mklement0

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