Turn off/on the CMD console cursor in WinXP

Hello,

Is there a way to turn off the cursor (so that it does not have a
blinking line or box) in a batch file in Windows XP Home or
Professional? I am running a process in a console CMD session and
would like to hide the blinking cursor. Are there any 3rd party
utilities?


Thank you very much for any help on this subject.

Mike

If you run the batch file as "system" you won't even have a window.

eljainc wrote:

> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to turn off the cursor (so that it does not have a
> blinking line or box) in a batch file in Windows XP Home or
> Professional? I am running a process in a console CMD session and
> would like to hide the blinking cursor. Are there any 3rd party
> utilities?
>
>
> Thank you very much for any help on this subject.
>
> Mike

If you are trying to keep the console window from popping up, there is a
freeware program called "hidden.exe" that will do what you wish. Google for
it.
Louis

"eljainc" <eljainc@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:fb000ff0-9de7-4aaa-9663-20f89cd15a53@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
> Hello,
>
> Is there a way to turn off the cursor (so that it does not have a
> blinking line or box) in a batch file in Windows XP Home or
> Professional? I am running a process in a console CMD session and
> would like to hide the blinking cursor. Are there any 3rd party
> utilities?
>
>
> Thank you very much for any help on this subject.
>
> Mike

I am not trying to hide the console window. I simply want to turn off
the flashing cursor in
a cmd.exe session (console session) so that a running batch file will
not show a cursor at
all. Hiding the console window will hide all of my output and it will
never be run.


Mike

On Jan 22, 4:22 pm, "3c273" <nos...@nospam.com> wrote:
> If you are trying to keep the console window from popping up, there is a
> freeware program called "hidden.exe" that will do what you wish. Google for
> it.
> Louis
>
> "eljainc" <elja...@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>
> news:fb000ff0-9de7-4aaa-9663-20f89cd15a53@u10g2000prn.googlegroups.com...
>
> > Hello,
>
> > Is there a way to turn off the cursor (so that it does not have a
> > blinking line or box) in a batch file in Windows XP Home or
> > Professional? I am running a process in a console CMD session and
> > would like to hide the blinking cursor. Are there any 3rd party
> > utilities?
>
> > Thank you very much for any help on this subject.
>
> > Mike

How do I run the batch file as "system" ? What is the syntax? Could
you provide an example please?


Thanks
Mike



On Jan 22, 4:17 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> If you run the batch file as "system" you won't even have a window.
>
> eljaincwrote:
> > Hello,
>
> > Is there a way to turn off the cursor (so that it does not have a
> > blinking line or box) in a batch file in Windows XP Home or
> > Professional? I am running a process in a console CMD session and
> > would like to hide the blinking cursor. Are there any 3rd party
> > utilities?
>
> > Thank you very much for any help on this subject.
>
> > Mike

Sorry, my bad, can't run as "system", use an Admin account other than
the one that is logged in. But even easier would be to just Minimize the
window.



eljainc wrote:

> How do I run the batch file as "system" ? What is the syntax? Could
> you provide an example please?
>
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
>
>
> On Jan 22, 4:17 pm, Bob I <bire...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>If you run the batch file as "system" you won't even have a window.
>>
>>eljaincwrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>
>>>Is there a way to turn off the cursor (so that it does not have a
>>>blinking line or box) in a batch file in Windows XP Home or
>>>Professional? I am running a process in a console CMD session and
>>>would like to hide the blinking cursor. Are there any 3rd party
>>>utilities?
>>
>>>Thank you very much for any help on this subject.
>>
>>>Mike
>
>