how can I hide the cmd window when running a VBScript scheduled task on Win 2003 R2 SP2 x64?

I am running a VBScript (.vbs) file via Windows Scheduled Task.

On a Windows XP SP3 x86 machine, a command window is not shown when the task executes.

On a Windows Server 2003 R2 SP2 x64 machine, a command window is shown when the task executes.

Does anyone know why the difference in behavior and, in particular, how I can suppress the command window on the server?

Full version is Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition x64 (5.2.3790).

asked Dec 7 '11 at 17:38

	Does the scheduled task have anything to do with it. Perhaps one system is set to use `wscript` by default and the other is set to use `cscript`? – Zoredache Dec 7 '11 at 18:33
	On both systems the scheduled task is configured to run the .vbs file and, I guess, let the file association take care of which executable is run. This is a very good point though - I will check which executable is being run on each system... when I get into the office tomorrow ;-). – AdamRalph Dec 7 '11 at 18:56

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