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08-06-2007, 09:30 AM
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Utility to hide windows
Hi all,
I'm running dual instances of folding at home, but they can't be started as windows services. This means that I'm stuck with 2 cmd windows constantly minimized in my start bar. Is there a utility to either hide these 2 windows, or better yet send them over to the task bar? (the area by the clock, whatever it's called :-) Thanks in advance!
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08-06-2007, 10:22 AM
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Maybe this would work?
http://www.download.com/Minimizer-XP...ml?tag=lst-6-7 If you give it a shot, let us know how it does!
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08-06-2007, 10:50 AM
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That's great, thanks! It adds a button next to close and minimize to 'iconify' or whatever, and sticks window's icon in the task bar. Perfect. (It also only uses 1mb ram, which is a plus).
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08-07-2007, 11:30 PM
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So it's working OK? I have a comp that I may try it out on as well. If neither of us experiences a problem for a bit, I'd like to swap the link for it into the Info to Know thread and replace the reference for Hide-It. The latest version of that program was released in 1996 for Win95!
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08-07-2007, 11:33 PM
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It works fine. The one drawback is that it adds a button next to the standard minimize, maximize, close buttons on the top right of _every_ window, but I've gotten over that. Haven't tried Hide-it, but win95 is a little old...
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08-08-2007, 06:45 AM
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Me either, but I figured I would live with it. I just installed that 4T Minimizer you linked to, and it even lets you hide the tray icon of the program you minimized. I'm switching to it; my goal was to totally hide the FaH windows, and that's what it does. Right click on the minimize button, and the window disappears.
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08-08-2007, 10:06 AM
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I've tried it on one of my boxes as well. Seems alright. I do like the customizability (if that's a word...). The hide the system tray feature seems a little buggy at times. It makes the clock slide halfway off my screen every once in a while, even though the "show clock" box is checked. It does pop right back when you scroll over it, however. Otherwise, seems a pretty decent tool.
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08-08-2007, 03:31 PM
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When I had windows on my box, thats what I used to do.
I forget what the name of the I used was. Anyway, I used it for a long time with no problem.
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