How to Hide the Console in Windows GUI Apps

Alternative title: On Console Windows, GUI Processes, and Pipe Inheritance in Windows While working on Overlord Systems I wanted to do something simple: run the Overlord Engine (a native Windows app) and any child processes it creates without any console window showing to the user. It is simple, kind of. I just haven&rsquo;t seen the entire behavior and background knowledge in one place, so this…