How can I use task scheduler to run a program minimized?

Question

I'm using task scheduler to run a program automatically all the time. I got it to open just fine, now I want it to minimize automatically. I've tried batch files, /min, /background, and there's no setting to make it minimized that I've found.

Answer 1

Hey Trevor,

Have you tried "start /min <program you want to start minimized>" in your batch file.

For example if I run the command "start /min excel.exe" in a command line interface, Microsoft Excel starts minimized for me.