title: open program minimized via command prompt
body: <p>I have a windows 8.1 machine and I want to open a program with minimized window.
  For a program like notepad, I just use the following command:</p>
  
  <pre><code>start /min "" "C:\Windows\notepad.exe"  
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and then a new notepad window starts in minimized mode.</p>
  
  <p>The problem is that not all programs do this. When I want to start for instance MS Word in minimized mode I use:</p>
  
  <pre><code>start /min "" "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE"
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>but then a new Word windows starts up in MAXIMIZED mode.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to start it minimized?</p>