From e7980bf43b2332f4e50e1a78c352eada0334cea3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ovads <ovad_s@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 19:41:36 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] Run 'execute replacing bat file' using subprocess.Popen in
 order to prevent cmd window popup while running the 'bat' file. This fix is
 relevant to the upgrade feature under windoes OS.

---
 youtube_dl/update.py | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/youtube_dl/update.py b/youtube_dl/update.py
index ccab6f27f..aaa1091e9 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/update.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/update.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import json
 import traceback
 import hashlib
+import subprocess
 from zipimport import zipimporter
 
 from .utils import *
@@ -125,7 +126,7 @@ del "%s"
             \n""" %(exe, exe, bat))
             b.close()
 
-            os.startfile(bat)
+            subprocess.Popen(bat, shell=True)
         except (IOError, OSError) as err:
             if verbose: to_screen(compat_str(traceback.format_exc()))
             to_screen(u'ERROR: unable to overwrite current version')