How to make a window invisible ?

[Demetrius]

hello,

I want to ask how can I make a window in a command prompt invisible ? or the minimized window in the taskbar invisible ?
Does anybody have an information about this....kindly post your ideas

thanks a lot

[Dr. V]

The solution is to use a wrapper utility to launch your program.
I can send you binaries of a program but maybe you prefer a source code.

If you have acces to a C compiler use the following code:

#include 
#include 


int PASCAL WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
MSG msg;

char prog[] = "my_prog.exe";

WinExec(prog, SW_HIDE);

return (msg.wParam);
}

[SalVatore]

I recommend you to use Hide Window Hotkey.

Hide Window Hotkey is a utility which allows you to hide the windows, and programs which are running on your screen. It will instantly hide or close all (or some) programs through mouse hotkey or keyboard hotkey. Resize your programs automatically every time they start, such as maximize, minimize, normal, and minimize to tray. Set application windows transparency. Reorder the windows on taskbar based on your choice. Show window property of application.

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