Application to hide windows from the alt-tab list in Windows XP

[Peter Lowe]

Hi,

I've been looking all over for an application that will let me hide a
running program from the taskbar in Windows XP (without hiding the
actual window), but so far have failed miserably. Does anyone know of a
utility that would let me do this?

The reason I want it is because I have a couple of applications open all
the time that just sit there and monitor things for me -- eg, a PuTTY
session that just tail -f's a log -- and it's annoying to have to
alt-tab through them when switching apps (because I never need them to
have focus). I've found quite a few tools that allow you to hide a
window completely, but none that just hide it from the taskbar. I'd even
be happy with something that moves the window to the system tray, as
long as it doesn't show up when alt-tabbing!

Thanks for any help.

cheers,

Peter

 

[bruce]

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

I've been looking all over for an application that will let me hide a
running program from the taskbar in Windows XP (without hiding the
actual window), but so far have failed miserably. Does anyone know of a
utility that would let me do this?

The reason I want it is because I have a couple of applications open all
the time that just sit there and monitor things for me -- eg, a PuTTY
session that just tail -f's a log -- and it's annoying to have to
alt-tab through them when switching apps (because I never need them to
have focus). I've found quite a few tools that allow you to hide a
window completely, but none that just hide it from the taskbar. I'd even
be happy with something that moves the window to the system tray, as
long as it doesn't show up when alt-tabbing!

Thanks for any help.

cheers,

Peter

 

[Kelly]

Hi Peter,

Try moving them to the Notification Area instead.

Minimize Any Program to System Tray (Line 159)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm
/top10faqs.htm