How to run a C++ code, without console ?
ShowWindow(GetConsoleWindow(), SW_HIDE); hide the window, but after it apear.
Before run the program, can I put a line witch hide completly console ?
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You can set this pragma inside the file where main method is located, on top of your header files includes:
#pragma comment(linker, "/SUBSYSTEM:windows /ENTRY:mainCRTStartup") This can also be done with linker options:
/SUBSYSTEM:windows /ENTRY:mainCRTStartup As alternative, in VS, change the project subsystem to Windows (/SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS) in Project Properties-Linker-System-Subsystem. If you do that, use the WinMain signature instead of main signature:
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow){ // Your code here. return 0; } 
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Fabio Crispino
Also, if you want to have a cross-platform solution as the question does not really specify the target OS, you can distinguish between Windows and non-Windows system using preprocessor definitions. For example one way to do it is to wrap WinMain and the windows required header using a combination of #ifdef _WIN32, #define, #endif and #ifndef. In Unix systems you can simply use main method and console won't appear. For a more detailed list of preprocessor definitions, you can check here.
-mwindowsdisables the console. MSVC probably has something similar.