Windows Hider

[MadBoy]

What is it for:

This simple program will let you hide any program from your taskbar with simple press of HotKey and unhide it with the same hotkey when you're safe to show it again. Thanks to it you can quickly hide any program that you shouldn't be using at your office and/or don't want your boss/collgegues to see it. It hides program totally from taskbar and only way to see it is to press the Hotkey again. So even if people come and sit next to you they won't see anything. So lets say you're a coder and should be coding program and at same time you like to use mIRC to talk to ppl but your boss doesn't approve it and often he comes in to you and asks you to show him your work so he actually has to look at your screen for longer while. Now normally you would either have to close mIRC each time or just simply make it HIDDEN window. Hope that can be usefull for some. It is for me

How to set it up:

1. Edit windows_hider.ini

2. Under the [HIDE] section put programs you want to hide (examples below)

- full applications names can be used (as in Total Commander 7.0 Release Candidate 3)

- partial application names can be used aswell (as in Total Commander)

3. Under the [MISC] section modify the hotkeys for exiting the program and for hiding/unhiding programs you need to hide. Exit hotkey is mandatory as program is invisible (no taskbar/no systray icon) with just process being active. So no other way then hotkey to stop it.

Examples:

1. Lets say you want to hide 2 instances of Total Commander. You open up .ini file go to [HIDE] section and type:

My_program_1 = Total Commander 7.0 Release Candidate 3

My_program_2 = Total Commander 7.0 Release Candidate 3

OR

My_program_5 = Total Commander

My_program_6 = Total Commander 7.0

OR

My_program_7 = Total

If you use 3 instances of Total Commander you have to put it there 3 times. If you just put 2 and you have 3 instances program will choose the last 2 used and will hide them. Keep that in mind when setting it up. This is very simple proggy and it's first release. If there will be more interest in it i might add some features

You can download it from here: Windows Hider 0.1

Keyboard appendix from here: windows_hider_appendix.doc

You will need it to set up properly Hotkeys as some can be and some can't be used due to some limitations

Edited September 12, 2007 by MadBoy

[Jeremy]

What is it for:

This simple program will let you hide any program from your taskbar with simple press of HotKey and unhide it with the same hotkey when you're safe to show it again.

Windows Key + D?

[MadBoy]

Windows Key + D?

Windows Key + D shows desktop and doesn't hide anything and not all ppl have Windows key. My program on other hand has customized keys and hides your programs totally from taskbar so that even if someone sits next to you or takes over computer from you can't see them running (except in processes). Only way to see them is to press the Hotkey again. Hope that makes it more usefull and clears things up.

[jcarle]

This can also be useful to save your a** when the wife comes around.

Edited May 6, 2007 by jcarle

[MadBoy]

This can also be useful to save your a** when the wife comes around.

Depends on your wife I was thinking to add sound disabler for those watching dirty movies at work