Executing bat file without using Runtime.exec()??

Hi all
From my java App ,I am running a bat file. This is what I did:
When I press 'execute' button inside my App, it runs a bat file through Runtime.exec() method. Since exec() runs it through cmd.exe, get a DOS window when I press Execute button. If I manually runs my app from command promt , I dont get it. But I have to create a short cut of my main class in the desktop. This is happening when I run my app from desktop icon.
Now I want to eleminate DOS popup everytime I press execute button. Would anyone pls give an idea how to run bat file without using Runtime.exec()? Any suggestion will be helpful.
Thanks

jscell
Thanks for taking time to answer to my problem .
Here is what my problem: I create a shortcut of my main class in the desktop. Through this shortcut ,I run my java App. My App has a execute button, When I press this button , It run another bat file through Runtime.exec() method, and show some result in the result PAnel. NOw what happen , I get a DOS command window , everytime I press execute button. , Which is very annoying . But If I run my App thorugh command promt by executing: "java myApp", then I dont get this DOS popup. But I have to create a shortcut in the desktop, so other can use it conveniently.
NOw I am not sure why I am getting this DOS window in the middle of my Application. IS it for using Runtime.exec() method? or for running bat file through my application? Can anyone pls tell me? I am kind of new to java, and I am learning lot of stuff from this forum .
Would u pls suggest me about how to eleminate this DOS popup when I press execute button.
Regrds

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