How do you hide running programs on the taskbar?

[mud]

Is there a utility or a way that i can hide a running application under windows 2000, and prevent it from showing up on the taskbar?

 

[Davegod75]

dont' think you can hide them but you can disable/uninstall them for better system performance. You can do this but registry editing or using control panel->add remove programs for things that can be taken out that way

 

[Ladi]

You could try some of the free/shareware that exists to put stuff into tray when it runs. Otherwise, there's always the auto-hiding taskbar or dragging the edge of the taskbar to the edge of the screen and using alt+tab...

~Ladi

 

[mud]

I am not talking about programs like norton crashguard that run in the background. I am talking about programs like Internet Explorer or MS Word that you execute. Can you remove them from the taskbar and still have them run secretly in the background?

 

[mud]

What programs can do this? I just want to completely hide a particular running program in case someone just sits down at my computer to browse the web, without seeing or messing with a program that i am currently running that shows up on the taskbar. Alt-tabbing to the program is acceptable. As long as you can't see it running.

 

[Kappo]

LMAO @ the guy working on his resume and looking for jobs at work! 😉

 

[prodigy]

You trying to hide those pr0n site browser windows aren't ya? 😉

 

[mosdef]

Here you go...

Hide-It

-mosdef

 

[mud]

Hey, the program sounds like one I've been looking for, but the link seems broken. Thanks! 😀

 

[prodigy]

Here is a fixed link.

 

[Gorgonzola]

i haven't used Hide-It, so i dont know how similar it is, but here is another util that can do what you mentioned. it's called DreamKeys.

i upped it to my isp account, grab it here

 

[mud]

You guys rule!!! muchos gracias

 

[mud]

Hey Gorgo, the dreamkeys was EXACTLY what i was looking for and more.

The HideIt program had one problem. The program left an icon in the right hand tray control area and if you moved your mouse over it, it would tell you what programs were hidden.

Not good.

Dreamkeys leaves no trace of the program on the desktop. Very Nice. Thank you all for your help everyone!!!

 

[Gorgonzola]

no probs mud. one problem with dreamkeys that i have noticed (on my system anyway), if you have a browser window hidden, and then in another window click "open link in new window" (in ie5) you will lose your hidden window completely and have to open a window and start over. sorry if i didn't explain that clearly. im not sure wether thats just a problem on my system, or with dreamkeys.

 

[mud]

Well, im running nt2k and i am unable to duplicate the problem. thankfully. 😉