# Eliminate shell window?

**URL:** <https://discourse.glfw.org/t/eliminate-shell-window/354>\
**Category:** support\
**Created:** [May 28, 2005, 5:08pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/eliminate-shell-window/354 "2005-05-28T17:08:03Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 28, 2005, 9:02pm UTC](https://discourse.glfw.org/t/eliminate-shell-window/354/2 "2005-05-28T21:02:11Z")

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**[melekor](https://sourceforge.net/u/melekor/)** wrote on [Saturday, May 28, 2005](https://sourceforge.net/p/glfw/discussion/247562/thread/50815dd2/#677e/d149):

To remove the console window, you have to link your program as a win32 application, not a console one. This means you’ll need to use WinMain() instead of main() and change some compiler option. If you’re using VC++, It’s under project properties-\>linker-\>system-\>subsystem.

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