How to avoid console window with .pyw file containing os.system call?

Question

If I save my code files as .pyw, no console window appears - which is what I want - but if the code includes a call to os.system, I still get a pesky console window. I assume it's caused by the call to os.system. Is there a way to execute other files from within my .pyw script without raising the console window at all?

Answer 1

You could try using the subprocess module (subprocess.Popen, subprocess.call or whatever) with the argument shell=True if you want to avoid starting a console window.