diff --git a/tools/install-agent-dispatch-task.ps1 b/tools/install-agent-dispatch-task.ps1
index 63f32b5..a9959a3 100644
--- a/tools/install-agent-dispatch-task.ps1
+++ b/tools/install-agent-dispatch-task.ps1
@@ -9,15 +9,17 @@ Set-StrictMode -Version Latest
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
 $repoRoot = Split-Path -Parent $PSScriptRoot
-$node = (Get-Command node.exe -ErrorAction Stop).Source
 $script = Join-Path $repoRoot "tools\dispatch-agent-requests.mjs"
+$hiddenLauncher = Join-Path $repoRoot "tools\run-agent-dispatch-hidden.vbs"
 
 if (-not (Test-Path $script)) {
   throw "Missing dispatcher script at $script"
 }
+if (-not (Test-Path $hiddenLauncher)) {
+  throw "Missing hidden dispatcher launcher at $hiddenLauncher"
+}
 
 $argumentList = @(
-  "`"$script`"",
   "dispatch",
   "--repo", "`"$Repo`"",
   "--max", "1"
@@ -27,8 +29,8 @@ if (-not [string]::IsNullOrWhiteSpace($Agent)) {
 }
 
 $action = New-ScheduledTaskAction `
-  -Execute $node `
-  -Argument ($argumentList -join " ") `
+  -Execute "wscript.exe" `
+  -Argument ("//B //Nologo `"$hiddenLauncher`" " + ($argumentList -join " ")) `
   -WorkingDirectory $repoRoot
 
 $trigger = New-ScheduledTaskTrigger -Once -At (Get-Date).AddMinutes(1) `
diff --git a/tools/run-agent-dispatch-hidden.vbs b/tools/run-agent-dispatch-hidden.vbs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..81d0a6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/run-agent-dispatch-hidden.vbs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+Option Explicit
+
+Dim shell, fso, scriptDir, repoRoot, nodePath, dispatchScript, arguments, index, command
+
+Set shell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
+Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
+
+scriptDir = fso.GetParentFolderName(WScript.ScriptFullName)
+repoRoot = fso.GetParentFolderName(scriptDir)
+nodePath = shell.ExpandEnvironmentStrings("%ProgramFiles%") & "\nodejs\node.exe"
+dispatchScript = repoRoot & "\tools\dispatch-agent-requests.mjs"
+
+If Not fso.FileExists(nodePath) Then
+  nodePath = "node.exe"
+End If
+
+arguments = ""
+For index = 0 To WScript.Arguments.Count - 1
+  arguments = arguments & " " & Quote(WScript.Arguments(index))
+Next
+
+command = Quote(nodePath) & " " & Quote(dispatchScript) & arguments
+shell.CurrentDirectory = repoRoot
+WScript.Quit shell.Run(command, 0, True)
+
+Function Quote(value)
+  Quote = """" & Replace(value, """", "\""") & """"
+End Function