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Open a Visible Cmd Window In Java

I currently have some code that executes a task:

this.cmds = new String[] { "cmd.exe", "/c", customCmd };
ProcessBuilder pb = new ProcessBuilder(cmds);

try {
    pb.start();
} catch (IOException e) {
    e.printStackTrace();
}

This works perfectly and does what I expected.

However, I would like to actually display a visible cmd window when running this specific task.

Is this possible?

Thanks for your time,

Benna

Solution

  • Use this line:

    this.cmds = new String[] { "cmd.exe", "/c", "start cmd.exe /k " + customCmd };

    The first "cmd.exe", "/c" starts invisible window, but then inside you use command start cmd.exe /k ... to create visible window and it will stay open because of /k.