From 9a4faf9ab9a25a3fb6fa1d88f626ecc663d19566 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sam Lantinga <slouken@libsdl.org>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 15:32:32 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add the CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag for background processes

Fixes https://github.com/libsdl-org/SDL/issues/12097

(cherry picked from commit c025fdbb7c5a5882ebcb0fc54ead13c9d6f9de39)
---
 src/process/windows/SDL_windowsprocess.c | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/src/process/windows/SDL_windowsprocess.c b/src/process/windows/SDL_windowsprocess.c
index c1aee5c4ab..88b09b34c5 100644
--- a/src/process/windows/SDL_windowsprocess.c
+++ b/src/process/windows/SDL_windowsprocess.c
@@ -304,6 +304,7 @@ bool SDL_SYS_CreateProcessWithProperties(SDL_Process *process, SDL_PropertiesID
         if (stderr_option == SDL_PROCESS_STDIO_INHERITED) {
             stderr_option = SDL_PROCESS_STDIO_NULL;
         }
+        creation_flags |= CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
     }
 
     switch (stdin_option) {