Hi All,

I'm trying to right a batch file that will run a .wav file in WMP in the background so the user won’t see the WMP window. At the moment here is the following code I've written.

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start /MIN "wmplayer.exe" "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\wavFiles\8point1.wav"
timeout /T 3
taskkill/IM "wmplayer.exe"
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The problem with this code is that the WMP window does show and does not even minimize!

Any help will be very much appreciated!
Try this. It will use an older version of windows media player, but not to worry as the user probably wont see it anyway.
Code: [SELECT]start /min "" "C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\mplayer2.exe" /play /close "C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\wavFiles\8point1.wav"Make sure the above is ONE LINE.Thanks Helpmeh for your quick reply!

1) I needed to change mplayer2.exe to wmplayer.exe otherwise I'm getting an error that it can't find mplayer2

2) After making the above change if WMP was in Restore mode last time it was open then the first time I run the bat file it executes as I want (the window is not visible) the second time it will show and stay open, if I close it manually and run it again it will run as I wanted the 4th time it won’t and so forth... If the WMP was Maximised last time it was open running the bat file will always run WMP in max mode and stay open.
QUOTE from: Amram Chayim Eirinberg on February 20, 2010, 12:20:58 PM

Thanks Helpmeh for your quick reply!

1) I needed to change mplayer2.exe to wmplayer.exe otherwise I'm getting an error that it can't find mplayer2

2) After making the above change if WMP was in Restore mode last time it was open then the first time I run the bat file it executes as I want (the window is not visible) the second time it will show and stay open, if I close it manually and run it again it will run as I wanted the 4th time it won’t and so forth... If the WMP was Maximised last time it was open running the bat file will always run WMP in max mode and stay open.

Usage: mplayerc.exe "pathname" [switches]

"pathname"   The main file or directory to be loaded. (wildcards
      allowed)
/dub "dubname"   Load an additional AUDIO file.
/dubdelay "file"   Load an additional audio file shifted with XXms (if
      file contains "...DELAY XXms...")
/d3dfs      start rendering in D3D fullscreen mode.
/sub "subname"   Load an additional subtitle file.
/filter "filtername"   Load DirectShow filters from a dynamic link
      library. (wildcards allowed)
/dvd      Run in dvd mode, "pathname" means the dvd
      folder (optional).
/dvdpos T#C   Start playback at title T, chapter C
/dvdpos T#hh:mm   Start playback at title T, position hh:mm:ss
/cd      Load all the tracks of an audio cd or (s)vcd,
      "pathname" means the drive path (optional).
/open      Open the file, don't automatically start playing.
/play      Start playing the file as soon the player is
      launched.
/close      Close the player after playback (only works when
      used with /play).
/shutdown   Shutdown the operating system after playback
/fullscreen   Start in full-screen mode.
/minimized   Start in minimized mode.
/new      Use a new instance of the player.
/add      Add "pathname" to playlist, can be combined
      with /open and /play.
/regvid      Create file associations for video files
/regaud      Create file associations for audio files
/unregall      Remove all file associations
/start ms      Start playing at "ms" (= milliseconds)
/startpos hh:mm:ss   Start playing at position hh:mm:ss
/fixedsize w,h   Set fixed window size.
/MONITOR N   Start on monitor N, where N starts from 1.
/help /h /?   Show help about command line switches

Usage: mplayerc.exe "pathname" [switches]