Hide CMD window after using START to run a network application

I have an application that is run over a network. I need to be able to run this application from a batch file, and had ended up using this:

pushd \\server\folder
start /wait program.exe

Aside from the message saying...

\\server\folder
CMD.EXE was started with the above path as the current directory. 
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...it works fine, but the CMD window lingers. I know that /wait is the cause, but it appears that I can only get the program to run successfully if I use /wait. If I remove /wait, then I get bizarre errors from the program about not being able to start successfully.

What else might there be that I can try?

If you want to hide the program while it runs, you can also use the /MIN param, to have it start minimized.

Try: start /b /wait program.exe