command window stays open

[jpvlerbe]

Hi

Thank you for this wonderful project, that solved a lot of my issues.

I configured PX to run at boot by running px --install. However, now the command window opens (and stays open) after boot. If you close the window the proxy server is also shut down. Is there a way to run px without keeping the CMD window open?

In the case that you get it working without the CMD window open, how can you shutdown px then? For instance in the case you are working at another location not behind a proxy.

[genotrance]

Glad px is useful :)

How did you install px?

[jpvlerbe]

If I remember correctly, I have installed through pip. However I have been using it for a while already, so I am not that sure.

[genotrance]

Do you see the popup even if you run px after logging in? Can you check the version of px with px --help? What version of Python are you using?

[jpvlerbe]

px version: v0.4.0
python version: 3.6.7

Before I was using it manually by running it in the commandline (then the window obviously had to stay open). Today I installed it using px --install. After rebooting px ran automatically but the cmd window stayed open. I will try and reboot shortly and report back.

[genotrance]

You can always exit px with px --quit if it is running in the background.

Meanwhile, I checked and for some reason I've configured pip to run px in the console using console_scripts instead of gui_scripts. I'm not sure why I did this but I suspect there was some issue with the shim that pip creates. I'll check and let you know if this can be changed.

[jpvlerbe]

Any news on this?

[JasonRoesbeke]

Would like to also have it running in the background
@genotrance any update on this?

[moritzrupp]

This is still not working. If you install px with pip or python setup.py install, the command windows will stay open. Only if you directly use the provided px.exe file it is working as expected.

[Loriden]

I'm also experiencing this issue - installed via PIP. If i can provide any more detail to help resolve, please ask.

Px v0.4.0
pip 19.2.1 from c:\python37\lib\site-packages\pip (python 3.7)

[Postlagerkarte]

Any news on this? Having the same issue. /cc @genotrance

Version: 0.4.0 installed via pip on windows 10

[datadu-de]

would like to get rid of the cmd-window as well 👍

[crumpetcrusher]

running from pip or just px.py will leave the command window up, same for when you install it to start at boot

to run the latest code, clone the repo and compile it to .exe as shown in the travis.yml file:

https://github.com/genotrance/px/blob/master/.travis.yml#L38-L44

• install dependencies
• compile px.py
• run pyinstall to build exe

drop that in a folder of your choosing and run the config/install to have it start in the background properly.

[genotrance]

Meanwhile, I checked and for some reason I've configured pip to run px in the console using console_scripts instead of gui_scripts. I'm not sure why I did this but I suspect there was some issue with the shim that pip creates. I'll check and let you know if this can be changed.

I finally checked and yes, using gui_scripts prevents px from printing anything to the console, even with the --foreground flag. I'm fixing this issue by recommending folks simply use pythonw -m px to run in the background since this method supports --foreground when needed. And if anyone likes the console hanging around, python -m px can be used.

px.exe created by pip will persist for now but I am very tempted to get rid of it altogether since it is of minimal value. For now, it is only disappearing from the documentation.