Program run in background c#

Viewed 1k times. Is it possible to either: Run the other process in the background Run the other process minimized so that it still shows on the taskbar but not on the screen. Start ; proc.

WriteLine "Navigate to Correct Folder" ; proc. WriteLine "Run Outside Program" ;. Smithyyy Mr. Smithyyy 1, 9 9 gold badges 41 41 silver badges 80 80 bronze badges. But doesn't that mean it will create a window? Yep you have to set it to true to not show a Window — Marc-Antoine Jacob. Add that line : proc. Hidden; — Marc-Antoine Jacob. Add a comment. Active Oldest Votes. Hm, after adding those two lines of code it doesn't launch the other process at all. Smithyyy Oh, maybe it is my string that is incorrect.

Still no luck, I'm not sure I can control the behavior of this outside program. Community Bot 1 1 1 silver badge. If you set it as false, the application wont be visible in Taskbar. That logic is upto you whether you want to show it or not I do feel a little like a fool now I was looking for the big complex answer, and the answer was in the one place i did not look at all. If it were a snake it would have bitten me times. Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums.

Answered by:. Archived Forums. Visual C. This capability removes execution time limitations and the idle task watchdog. Once a background task has started, whether by a trigger or an app service call, once it takes a deferral on the BackgroundTaskInstance provided by the Run method, it can run indefinitely. If the app is set to Managed By Windows , then it still may have an energy quota applied to it, and its background tasks will not activated when Battery Saver is active.

This can be changed with OS settings. More information is available in Optimizing Background Activity. The Universal Windows Platform monitors background task execution to ensure good battery life and a smooth foreground app experience.

However, personal apps and Enterprise line-of-Business apps can use extended execution and the extendedBackgroundTaskTime capability to create apps that will run as long as needed regardless of the device's resource availability. Be aware that the extendedExecutionUnconstrained and extendedBackgroundTaskTime capabilities can override default policy for UWP apps and may cause significant battery drain. Before using these capabilities, first confirm that the default extended execution and background task time policies do not meet your needs and perform testing in battery-constrained conditions to understand the impact your app will have on a device.

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