Before I switched to Linux, I encountered this kind of issue. The popping console is annoying, even when you know how to use a terminal : navigating through the

Before I switched to Linux, I encountered this kind of issue. The popping console is annoying, even when you know how to use a terminal : navigating through the filesystem is painful in cmd.exe an starting an instance from explorer is not always an available option. Netcat had an interesting approach: when you start it without any command line argument (say, by double-clicking), it opens a prompt and wait for a command. Using this idea together with some help message might be the simplest solution.