How to Start iTunes with Windows Minimized?

Question

I leave my iPod connected to my PC frequently, but every time I boot to Windows, my iPod screen stays lit and says "do not disconnect" until I start iTunes.
Problem is that if I put iTunes in my "Startup" folder, then it always boots with the iTunes window open, and not minimized in the tray. I even selected "minimze to tray" option, but there is no "boot with Windows" option.
Any suggestions?

Answer 1

Ok, first -- iTunes is dumb. It is the only application I know that ignores the intWindowStyle variable (the "2") in the script above.
Anyway, here is a workaround -- this starts iTunes, waits 6 seconds, then minimizes it. You can edit the time (in milliseconds) if this is too fast/slow.<pre>
Set WshShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WshShell.Run """C:\Program Files\iTunes\iTunes.exe""", 2
wscript.sleep 6000
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:" _
& "{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colProcessList = objWMIService.ExecQuery _
("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = 'iTunes.exe'")
For Each objProcess in colProcessList
foobar = split (objProcess.Name, ".")
WshShell.AppActivate ( foobar(0) )
WshShell.SendKeys("%( )") '//equivalent of Alt+spacebar
WshShell.SendKeys("n") '//equivalent of n key
Next</pre>