Starting a exe process in bat without starting a new CMD

In a certain part of my script, I want to run a certain executable, but I can`t do exactly what I want: 1: `"path/to/my/file.exe"` will execute the file perfectly, however, my batch will stop executing until file.exe ends, and that's not what I want. 2: - 2.1: `start "path/to/my/file.exe"` - 2.2 `start "path/to/my/file.exe" /b` 2.1 will start another cmd window, which I don't want. 2.2 Won't allow my batch script to return, and we're back to 1. 3: `call "path/to/my/file.exe" /b` Back to 1. So, is there any way of doing what I want? Simply starting an executable and let it run in the background?