_popen: do not show the shell window (SW_HIDE)

When I execute the _popen command in c++ mfc it opens a shell window which I don't like, is it possible to make it hidden? for example when you try to execute commands with ShellExe开发者_如何学编程cute function it has the option to hide the shell window with SW_HIDE.

Note from documentation:

If used in a Windows program, the _popen function returns an invalid file pointer that causes the program to stop responding indefinitely. _popen works properly in a console application. To create a Windows application that redirects input and output, see Creating a Child Process with Redirected Input and Output in the Platform SDK.