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I was trying to setup a remote Subversion server and needed to access it via ssh. I have accomplished the task but with one annoying problem, both Cygwin ssh and plink were displaying consoles when browsing the SVN tree, every time I expand a directory!
I decided to hack plink in order to hide its console. The solution I found is as follows:

• Change Linker's SubSystem property to Windows:

• Append following entry point after main function:
  
  int WinMain(hInstance, hPrevInstance, lpCmdLine, nCmdShow)
  {
      main(__argc,__argv);
  }

Just by this hack, the resulting exe is of very limited use. It can only process command line arguments, cannot read from or write to console, and should exit gracefully after processing command line arguments. This is our case for using plink.exe as ssh client of SVN!
You can download my build of plink from this location. I advise to use original plink for a time to understand configuration errors, if any.

FFMpeg is a very powerful video tool. It is advertised as "cross-platform", and said to be easy to compile on Windows but my experience was contrary. I will try to explain my successful method.