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[Pete]

The one you posted with START does work for me...

Example:

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SHELL _HIDE _DONTWAIT "notepad" ' Doesn't launch.
BEEP: SLEEP
SHELL _HIDE _DONTWAIT "start notepad" ' Launches because of START.
BEEP: SLEEP

_HIDE causes the first one not to launch, but adding "start" in the second example allows it to launch Notepad.

I'd like to buy the explanation that _HIDE prevents the cmd.exe console form launching an app, but I don't believe that is so, because...

For me it is exactly the opposite! 

What OS are you running?

I'm running Windows 10, 64-bit.

Pete