Silent python program

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"Olav" <ovi at autronica.no> wrote
> Can anyone tell me how to run a python program in "background"
> on win32 platform.  I don't want any output to the screen.

the easiest way is to simply give it the ".PYW" extension.
when python installs it associates PYW with the "pythonw.exe"
this python executable is pretty much exactly the same as
"python.exe", except that it runs without a dos shell.