How to run an interactive batch file on windows from a service?

How to make a batch file to run a line of code in CMD?

• I'm setting up a basic FTP server and there's a line of code I need to run (c:\python27\python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080) to start the server. I want to make a batch file with @echo off to hide the CMD window. Anyone know how to make a batch file that I can double click and it will run "c:\python27\python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080" in the background in a CMD windows? Thanks, Dylan

• Answer:

  This minimizes the CMD window right away and then runs whatever follows the ":minimized" line. @echo off if not "%minimized%"=="" goto :minimized set minimized=true start /min cmd /C "%~dpnx0" goto :EOF :minimized python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8080