Blog: Console Application

Have you ever had the need to use an application (.exe) as a command line tool when started in the console (cmd.exe) and as GUI application when started from the Explorer shell? This article explains a possible implementation for this requirement. To be clear: I didn’t find the perfect solution; a Windows .NET application is either a console application or a Windows application. Either type can be used in the opposite mode, but both variants have some drawbacks. This article describes the solution which I think has the least disadvantages. The solution works by defining the application as console application […] Read more...