CODEWITHSUNDEEP
.netconsole-application
SOF User
SOF User

Reputation: 7840

Hide Console Window in C# Console Application

The thing is, I really don't want the console window to show up, but the solution should be running. My point here is, I want to keep the application running in the background, without any window coming up.

How can I do that?

Upvotes: 122

Views: 108058

Answers (7)

Hecker011
Hecker011

Reputation: 1

To compile your application without a console window

csc.exe /target:winexe *.cs

Upvotes: 0

Jonathan Coletti
Jonathan Coletti

Reputation: 528

You can use user32.dll to achieve this without vscode

    class start
    {
        [DllImport("user32.dll")]
        static extern bool ShowWindow(IntPtr hWnd, int nCmdShow);
        static void Main()
        {
            IntPtr h = Process.GetCurrentProcess().MainWindowHandle;
            ShowWindow(h, 0);
            // Do the rest

This still flashes the screen but works good enough

the usings are

using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Diagnostics;

Note im still new to csharp and not perfect so feel free to comment and corrections!

Upvotes: 5

N T
N T

Reputation: 456

Change the output type from Console Application to Windows Application,

And Instead of Console.Readline/key you can use new ManualResetEvent(false).WaitOne() at the end to keep the app running.

Upvotes: 3

khaja kamal
khaja kamal

Reputation: 141

Instead of Console.Readline/key you can use new ManualResetEvent(false).WaitOne() at last. This works well for me.

Upvotes: 14

bla
bla

Reputation: 5480

Maybe you want to try creating a Windows Service application. It will be running in the background, without any UI.

Upvotes: 3

Sekhat
Sekhat

Reputation: 4489

Change your application type to a windows application. Your code will still run, but it will have no console window, nor standard windows window unless you create one.

Upvotes: 28

Dirk Vollmar
Dirk Vollmar

Reputation: 176239

Change the output type from Console Application to Windows Application. This can be done under Project -> Properties -> Application in Visual Studio:

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Upvotes: 217

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