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hey all,
is there any way too remove window from the taskbar along the bottom of the screen, without exiting it.? like make it invisable i supose...

winhide
Winset
minimize

Have a look for these at the Helpfile

That will make the window invis but i dont want to do that, i need to remove the Clicky thing from teh taskbar..... but use the ALT+TAB to switch as u normally would.... need it too hide stuff when its open and i dont want others too see it.!
Example, this window on task bar says "Autohotkey Communi..." i need THAT gone from task bar but not window invis ! hehe

With winsettitle you could change the name of a Window, or erase it.
Hope, this is it, what you want to do

Try the following example:

That's true, shimanov, but I can't see the Notepad window and it isn't present in the ALT-TAB dialog too.
It seems that steveiwonder would like to see the window and his icon in the ALT-TAB menu but not his button in the task bar.
Do you think it is possiible ?

There are two side-effects with the method in use:

* The window's button is removed from the taskbar and also from the ALT-TAB listing.
* The window is lowered in the z-order. So any windows in the same position will obscure the window acted upon with this method.

Try this experiment:

1. Minimize (or close all windows)
2. Run Window's Notepad
3. Run the following script:

The above is a very interesting technique. Below is another script that seems to work on some windows. However, like the other method, the window vanishes from both the taskbar and the alt-tab menu, so there's no easy way to activate it. In fact, even locating the window manually might be impossible. You might have to use WinActivate or WinClose to get to it.

Run Notepad
WinWait Untitled - Notepad
DetectHiddenWindows On
; All of the following commands use the "last found window" determined by WinWait (above):
WinHide
WinSet, ExStyle, +0x80 ; 0x80 is WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW
WinShow
MsgBox Work with the Notepad window a little then press OK to put it back the way it was.
WinHide
WinSet, ExStyle, -0x80 ; 0x80 is WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW
WinShow

Chris, you of all people shoud know.... [ code] ... [ /code]

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This behavior is by design and the method is described at MSDN under the "Managing Taskbar Buttons" topic.

Perfectly true !!! My apologies !!!



Very Interesting script too.

So strange. In each case you have the dialog box icon in the ALT-TAB menu and not the icon of Notepad, even if the notepad window exists and is visible (not hidden) (- but eventually at the bottom of the others windows) !!! The job is done for hidding the Notepad's window button in the task bar but the notepad icon is not visible in the ALT-TAB menu for the two examples. A built in feature of the OS ?

Bravo, shimanov and Crhis, for the beautifull work !

Those scripts were awsome but, chrises was easier to use.... so i too some from there.... i tying to make it so u can enter a title of a window and it removes it from that task bar.... it does that but... it come back to the task bar straight away can you see whats wrong with it?

The tricks might not work with certain types of windows. If it your script works on Notepad but not on others, the others are probably "resistant".

I wouldn't say any are resistant, i made the same window title disapear form the task bar with your script, but mine just seems to make it flash the and come back, with anything, thats the problem... have any idea why?

Try this:



Review Last Found Window and its relevance to WinHide, WinSet, WinShow, etc.