This really does seem to be a problem specific to Vista Business edition.
I have a QuickWin application that gets run out of a script, and we don't want to see the windows.
Under XP and Vista Home, we just used the 'start' command and the window starts minimized:
start "radial000" /min cass41a.exe (start, name window "radial000", minimize on start, executable name)
But under Vista Business, the window does not minimize and it is an annoyance (we created dozens of windows per run)
The application was actually compiled with Compaq Fortran, so it isn't surprising that there is a compatibility issue.
Unfortunately, recompiling is not a short-term option. The code is so old that a major certification effort would be required. I know it won't run - there are some no-longer valid assumptions in the source. (Like if the first term in an AND is false, then the second term will not be evaluated. Problematic if the first term checks if whether the array index is bigger than the array size!)
Does anybody know what the problem is, or more importantly, how to remedy it without recompiling?
PS: I've been telling them to bite the bullet for years, but they won't consider it even though the performance is killing them.
