hide a form before it is shown on startup

I don't want the form to be shown at all on startup. The form can be hidden on another event on the form like a button click but that won't do.

On Form1_Load this.Visible = false; or this.Hide(); won't hide the form.

I even tried this:

Code:

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static void Main()
{
        Form1 frm1 = new Form1();
        frm1.Visible = false;
        Application.Run(frm1);
}

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and the form still shows...

is there any way to do this?

Didn't realize Application.Run() was overloaded...

Code:

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static void Main()
{
        Form1 frm1 = new Form1();
        Application.Run();
}

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