Keep external process alive after System.exit(0)

Question

I wish to start Outlook from my Java program and have my own program exit normally but keep alive the Outlook process. Besides, I am not interested in input/output/error streams.
public class OutlookStarter {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
          new ProcessBuilder("cmd", "/c",
                    "\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\outlook.exe\"")
                    .start();
}When I run this when Outlook is not started, my program will not exit until I close Outlook.
I really do not want to close Outlook just to exit my program (my real program has a Swing GUI and users must be able to close it).
Also when I run this when Outlook is already started, somehow my program DOES exit without closing the new Outlook window.
EDIT: I can add System.exit(0) and behavior is the same. I can use Runtime.getRuntime().exec and behavior is the same.
Edited by: Strider80 on Jan 12, 2011 7:27 AM

Answer 1

Strider80 wrote:
I wish to start Outlook from my Java program and have my own program exit normally but keep alive the Outlook process. Besides, I am not interested in input/output/error streams.
public class OutlookStarter {
     public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
          new ProcessBuilder("cmd", "/c",
                    "\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\outlook.exe\"")
                    .start();
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          new ProcessBuilder("cmd", "/c",
                    "start \"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office14\\outlook.exe\"")
                    .start();