# Running programs in the background/hidden

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/running-programs-in-the-background-hidden/187356>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [April 28, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/running-programs-in-the-background-hidden/187356 "2006-04-28T15:20:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![DaveMania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5daacb/32.png) [@DaveMania](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/DaveMania)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2006, 3:20pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/running-programs-in-the-background-hidden/187356/1 "2006-04-28T15:20:39Z")

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I couldn’t find a better place to put this.  
Is it possible to run a program in the background with an argument?  
I remember something like “-nopopup”,"-q","/quiet" something like that.  
Any enlightenment would be highly appreciated 🙂