Need help with Excel Issue

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Start Excel 2013 Minimized from a Command Window

Hello! I have some automated processes that use an Excel auto_open sub to kickstart various things. Excel is called from a batch file triggered by a Task from the Task Scheduler. Since auto_open can be a pain (I don’t want it to run every time the spreadsheet is opened, only when triggered by the batch file), I have it first check whether Excel is minimized, and if so, run whatever it’s supposed to do. I do this with this command from a command window (or, technically, a batch file): start …