Re-do the way browser windows are shown:...

base/process_util_win.cc

 // Copyright (c) 2006-2008 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file.
 
 #include "base/process_util.h"
 
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <winternl.h>
 #include <psapi.h>
 
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   // We're screwed.
   NOTREACHED();
   return 0;
 }
 
 bool LaunchApp(const std::wstring& cmdline,
                bool wait, bool start_hidden, ProcessHandle* process_handle) {
   STARTUPINFO startup_info = {0};
   startup_info.cb = sizeof(startup_info);
-  if (start_hidden) {
-    startup_info.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
-    startup_info.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
-  }
+  startup_info.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
+  startup_info.wShowWindow = start_hidden ? SW_HIDE : SW_SHOW;
   PROCESS_INFORMATION process_info;
   if (!CreateProcess(NULL,
                      const_cast<wchar_t*>(cmdline.c_str()), NULL, NULL,
                      FALSE, 0, NULL, NULL,
                      &startup_info, &process_info))
     return false;
 
   // Handles must be closed or they will leak
   CloseHandle(process_info.hThread);
 
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 void EnableTerminationOnHeapCorruption() {
   // Ignore the result code. Supported on XP SP3 and Vista.
   HeapSetInformation(NULL, HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption, NULL, 0);
 }
 
 void RaiseProcessToHighPriority() {
   SetPriorityClass(GetCurrentProcess(), HIGH_PRIORITY_CLASS);
 }
 
 }  // namespace process_util