shortcut without terminal

[nmxdaven]

Hey guys!

I have a few programs that need to be run as root, and I'm lazy, so I like to make a shortcut on the desktop with "sudo programname" to start them up. My question is, is there a command I can put in the shortcut that will run the program but hide the terminal that pops up along with it? When i launch like this it leaves the terminal showing everything thats going on, on the desktop.

Thanks!
nmxdaven

[CaptainMark]

create a desktop launcher of the application type (not application in terminal) and use the gksu prefix instead of sudo, so a launcher with

gksu nautilus

will open a file manager after asking for your sudo password in a non-terminal window

[nmxdaven]

Im an idiot. Never thought of that. Thanks!