Hide the cmd window after starting

[laurin]

On Windows, when I start the compiled .exe file or the application installed by the installer, a cmd window is opened that stays open for the whole lifetime of my app.
Is there some clean way to quickly close this window or make it not show up in the first place?
Of course I could try to find the window via windows user32 functions and then hide it, but that wouldn't be very clean.

[FabianLars]

This is what

#![cfg_attr(
    all(not(debug_assertions), target_os = "windows"),
    windows_subsystem = "windows"
)]

at the top of the generated main.rs is for.

[sujeetkalaskar]

Hi @FabianLars and Hi @laurin ,

I am also facing the same issue, where console windows is opened when complied .exe is started.

Could you please guide how to resolve the issue?

tried removing the below code, still, console window is opened
#![cfg_attr(
all(not(debug_assertions), target_os = "windows"),
windows_subsystem = "windows"
)]

[FabianLars]

@sujeetkalaskar You need this code at the top of your main.rs file to remove the console. Keep in mind that this only has an effect on tauri build, not on tauri dev and tauri build --debug

[sujeetkalaskar]

Hi @FabianLars ,

Thanks for the answer 👍
I tried the approach, and it worked as you told me.
I was executing the process command to start the service, but I was unable to start it without opening the console window

[fal3n-4ngel]

Tried it but still consoles popping up whenever I run some docker cmd's

[FabianLars]

This either depends on how you spawn it, or it's just docker wanting to spawn a cmd window no matter what.

The first option is only relevant if you're on Windows and start docker in Rust, not using Tauri's Command api. Then you're likely missing the appropiate creation flag https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/process/struct.Command.html#method.creation_flags (CREATE_NO_WINDOW)

For the latter i can't think of anything to prevent it then.