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http://www.ntwind.com/software/utilities/hstart.html

This is a command-line tool, and pretty handy if you don't want to see the console flashing while you run batch files. (And if you are paranoid to use a batch-to-exe converter, as those compiled exe's seem to raise a fair amount of AV alerts, which may be "false positives")

I'm using its parameters in hstart.exe shortcut LNK files to run some batch files, and it works quite well.
hstart.exe /NOCONSOLE /D=B:\scripts “B:\scripts\DropIt_WEB.bat” "B:\scripts\Dropit_vids.bat"

Hope somebody gets some good use from this little utility.

Also NirCmd can also do the same as mentioned above, with also alot more functionality included in the EXE.
And it is NirSoft!

well, of course. Nir-stuff is truly wonderful, and it seems the man never stops.
(I have seen a few reports of AntiVirus false-positives on some NIR software, I guess because some malware writers use it to cause mischief and mayhem.)

But anyway, what makes HStart attractive to me is the ability to chain multiple batch files in a single command-line, I can't seem to do that with NirCmd -- but I may be doing something wrong.
I guess I could create a master batch file that calls other batch files, and use that master bat as parameter for NirCmd, but if all I need is the "hide" function, it's extra work, and I'm lazy.

HStart does have some other functions which I didn't investigate, as I don't need them at the moment. It can handle UAC elevation, set priority class, and some other functions as well.