From 82f81f89a677ed2b742ffcd1fb663c80305493f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Leon Styhre <leon@leonstyhre.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 17:17:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] (Windows) Fixed an issue where the console window was
 displayed when launching scripts.

---
 es-core/src/Platform.cpp | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/es-core/src/Platform.cpp b/es-core/src/Platform.cpp
index 5d2a9ed81..e301fd4be 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Platform.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Platform.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ int launchGameWindows(const std::wstring& cmd_utf16, bool runInBackground)
     PROCESS_INFORMATION pi;
 
     si.cb = sizeof(si);
+    // The console window is hidden by default when compiled with MSVC, but when
+    // using MinGW it has to be set explicitly.
+    si.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
+    si.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
     bool processReturnValue = true;
     DWORD errorCode = 0;