title: How can I hide the console window in a PyQt app running on Windows?
body: <p>Surely this is possible? I have been hunting through PyQt tutorials and documentation but cannot find the answer to it. Probably I just need to phrase my search query differently.</p>
  
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  <p>Thanks PEZ for the answer - more details including use of the <code>.pyw</code> extension in <a href="http://www.onlamp.com/pub/a/python/excerpts/chpt20/index.html?page=2" rel="noreferrer">Python Programming on Win32 chapter 20</a></p>