Running hstart from MSYS

Question

I'm trying to automate some things on my computer. And here's what I ran into. I'm running this command from MSYS prompt:

hstart /elevate "cmd /k netstat -anb"

First a message box with title "Failed to create process - Hstart" appears, saying: "C:/Program Files (x86)/Git/elevate" A new non-elevated console is then opened with a message: "The requested operation requires elevation." It works as expected if run from cmd.exe. What is even happening and how to make it work?

Answer 1

It appears MSYS performs automatic paths conversion, if it's to run an executable "not dependent on msys-1.0.dll." So for it work you can double the slash:

hstart //elevate "cmd /k netstat -anb"

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