Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

[Daniel Underwood]

> Why?  More specifically, can't it be started from the XFCE menu with "Run
> Program" or right-click the desktop and "Create Launcher"?

I don't know, honestly.  Whenever I try to run it from a Launcher or
via Run Program, it will display the splash screen, but then
terminate.  This also happens on all Linux machines I use.