Can I close the startx cygwin shell?

[Ken Dibble]

Trebor Sreyb wrote:

>Is there some way to run startx without opening a
>cygwin shell window? Or, alternatively, to exit the
>shell window after the X window manager has
>successfully started?
>
>Otherwise, I find myself having to leave open a cygwin
>shell window that is used for nothing other than
>kicking off startx - that window just sits there. 
>
>This is only a nuissance (adds an extra icon to the
>task bar), but if there's another way I'd like to
>know.
>
>I use cygwin on Win XP SP2.
>
>NOTE: I also tried doing the following from Win XP
>Start->Run:
>
>c:\cygwin\bin\sh.exe -c /usr/X11R6/bin/startx
>
>but this also opens up an unwanted window that must
>remain open.
>
>Thanks,
>-Bob
> Andover, MA
> USA
>
>  
>
Doesn't  your startxwin.bat file accomplish this?



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