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  1. On my Command prompt in Windows 10, I'm able to start a protocol using start "" "jitsi-meet://meet.jit.si/..."
  2. This in turn starts the EXE responsible for jitsi-meet://
  3. All great, except that, I cannot close the Command prompt which must remain running
  4. If I close it, the EXE that is running, dies with it

What do I need to change in order for the EXE to remain running when I close the Command prompt?

bilogic
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In Command prompt, prefixing your command with start /b will have it run in the background, allowing you to run other commands and close the window without terminating the program.

In Powershell, this can be done with Start-Process -NoNewWindow before the command.

The downside to these is that the program cannot be terminated by Ctrl+C or closing the window; you will have to terminate them with other methods e.g. Task Manager, taskkill in CMD, or Stop-Process in Powershell.

The output of these programs will also still print to the still-open console, which can be jarring.

ynot01
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After much trial and error, this fixed the problem

cmd /c start "" "jitsi-meet://..."
bilogic
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