diff --git a/src/helpers/audioActivityDetector.js b/src/helpers/audioActivityDetector.js
index 883adc000..84b957f17 100644
--- a/src/helpers/audioActivityDetector.js
+++ b/src/helpers/audioActivityDetector.js
@@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ class AudioActivityDetector extends EventEmitter {
       // stdin must be "pipe" — the Windows binary monitors stdin for parent death
       const child = spawn(binaryPath, ["--exclude-pid", String(process.pid)], {
         stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+        windowsHide: true,
       });
       this._listenerProcess = child;
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/meetingAecManager.js b/src/helpers/meetingAecManager.js
index 081a13b05..d2e6e5890 100644
--- a/src/helpers/meetingAecManager.js
+++ b/src/helpers/meetingAecManager.js
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ class MeetingAecManager {
 
     const child = spawn(binaryPath, ["--sample-rate", String(SAMPLE_RATE)], {
       stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      windowsHide: true,
     });
 
     this.process = child;
diff --git a/src/helpers/textEditMonitor.js b/src/helpers/textEditMonitor.js
index b22458565..349710ca3 100644
--- a/src/helpers/textEditMonitor.js
+++ b/src/helpers/textEditMonitor.js
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ class TextEditMonitor extends EventEmitter {
 
     this.process = spawn(command, args, {
       stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      windowsHide: true,
     });
 
     // Send original text via stdin
@@ -391,6 +392,7 @@ class TextEditMonitor extends EventEmitter {
 
     this.process = spawn(command, [...args, String(targetPid)], {
       stdio: ["pipe", "pipe", "pipe"],
+      windowsHide: true,
     });
 
     this.process.stdin.write(originalText + "\n");
diff --git a/test/helpers/windowsHelperSpawnHide.test.js b/test/helpers/windowsHelperSpawnHide.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c68a11144
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/helpers/windowsHelperSpawnHide.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+const test = require("node:test");
+const assert = require("node:assert/strict");
+const fs = require("fs");
+const path = require("path");
+
+function read(rel) {
+  return fs.readFileSync(path.join(__dirname, "../..", rel), "utf8");
+}
+
+function hiddenSpawnCount(src) {
+  return (src.match(/spawn\([^{}]*\{[^{}]*windowsHide: true/g) || []).length;
+}
+
+test("meeting AEC helper spawn sets windowsHide", () => {
+  assert.equal(hiddenSpawnCount(read("src/helpers/meetingAecManager.js")), 1);
+});
+
+test("text edit monitor spawns set windowsHide", () => {
+  assert.equal(hiddenSpawnCount(read("src/helpers/textEditMonitor.js")), 2);
+});
+
+test("Windows mic-listener spawn sets windowsHide", () => {
+  assert.match(
+    read("src/helpers/audioActivityDetector.js"),
+    /spawn\(binaryPath, \["--exclude-pid"[^{}]*\{[^{}]*windowsHide: true/
+  );
+});