batch-file - Is there a base64 file encoding command that doesn't show up on screen?

Question

I am well aware of certutil -encode, however in my use case I do not want the end user to see a console window open.

Answer 1

You can use vbs to hide the console for the certutil command. create a .vbs extention file with something like:

Set MyScript    = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
MyScript.Run "cmd /c certutil OPTIONS -encode Infile Outfile", 0, False

Run it as cscript filename.vbs

Alternatively if you have the certutil commands in a batch file, call the batch file instead.

Set MyScript    = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
MyScript.Run "C:\somedir\batchfile.cmd", 0, False