Make selenium webdriver start the command prompt minimized?

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I am using Selenium PhantomJS. When my program starts it opens command prompt (cmd) which then turns on the browser and does everything I have programmed it to do.

According to this answer there is no way to hide the command prompt (until v2.4 gets released), so I want to ask if there is a way to at least start it minimized or maybe stop Windows from focusing it after it pops up.

I tried the following code to programmatically press Alt+Tab:

        IWebDriver driver = new PhantomJSDriver(); //this starts browser and opens cmd
        System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("%{TAB}");//alt+tab

Unfortunately this only freezes the mouse as if I am in endless loop until the program ends.

I am using Windows 7, VS2013.

try to set focus through process http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2315561/correct-way-in-net-to-switch-the-focus-to-another-application or other solution to run in the background, try to google, the continuous integration runs his task in the background as service — Andrian Durlestean, Feb 20 '14 at 07:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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Well, the new version 2.40 is out, so here is the solution - https://stackoverflow.com/a/21949015/1115382 - credit goes to @Martin Su.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:28

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answered Mar 02 '14 at 16:22

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