diff --git a/raspberryjammod/init.lua b/raspberryjammod/init.lua
index d1f3d22..34279a0 100644
--- a/raspberryjammod/init.lua
+++ b/raspberryjammod/init.lua
@@ -253,6 +253,15 @@ function handle_events(cmd, args)
     return nil
 end
 
+function background_launch(window_identifier, cmd, args)
+    if not is_windows then return false end
+    local cmdline = 'start "' .. window_identifier .. ' /MIN "' .. cmd .. '" '
+    for i = 1,#args do
+        cmdline = cmdline .. '"' . args[i] . '"'
+    end
+    os.execute(cmdline)
+end
+
 function handle_command(line)
     local cmd, argtext = string.match(line, "([^(]+)%((.*)%)")
     if not cmd then return end
diff --git a/raspberryjammod/launch.lua b/raspberryjammod/launch.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4956fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/raspberryjammod/launch.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+local source = debug.getinfo(1).source:sub(2)
+
+print(os.execute('start /MIN "raspberryjammod-minetest-python-test" /MIN "c:\\pypy\\pypy.exe" test.py'))
+print("running")
+print(os.execute('taskkill /F /FI "WINDOWTITLE eq raspberryjammod-minetest-python-test"'))
+print("done")
+while 1 do end
+