How to minimize

Hello,
In my MFC application, I use the function "system()" to execute a console application. When I make a call to the function system(), I DOS window is opened where I can see the results of the commande I passed to system().
My problem is : I don't want this DOS window to be opened. If I can't have the command run in the background, how can I minimize the DOS window?

I'd really appreciate some help from you.
Thanks in advance.

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