I've created a wxPython launcher GUI, converted with py2exe, that  starts 3 other programs. 
However, it also starts up three shell windows  as well. My boss wants me to reduce the numb
er of shell windows to 0 or  1.
  
      Currently, my program starts them using:
  os.system("start \B [program name & arguments")
  
      And I convert it to an exe using this setup.py script:
  # setup.py
  from distutils.core import setup
  import py2exe
  setup(windows=["launcher.py"], zipfile=None)
  
      I've tried changing windows to console; that works  (it only opens up one shell), but 
it also removes all graphics/text  from the GUI. I'm thinking of trying:
  1. Setting it to console, but importing certain wxPython libraries, or
  2. Upgrading to subsystem commands and tacking on the CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag.
  Option 2 looks like my best bet, but I'm unsure if the spawned programs will still run if 
the launcher's killed. (They need to.)
  
  Any suggestions on how I can reduce the number of shells?
  
 		
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