Hiding shtuffff....

[Aragon]

Is there a way (program/trick..) to hide programs you run from appearing on the windows 9x bar or in the tray?

[BBA]

Yep... I don't remember where, but in the NT reg hack postings theres a trick to keep CD's from spinning up all the time by opening a minimized explorer (it shares with any other explorer you open so the cd deoesn't spin up each time) and it tells how to hide the bar button so it's transpearant.

I don't know where it is off the top of my head...

BBA

[Aragon]

I meant to hide just one program...not the whole bar...also...I have win95, but gonna upgrade to win98SE soon.

[Dominus]

It really depends on the program that you want to hide, but give "Encrypted Magic Folders" a try. It encrypts & hides directories in Win9X.

http://www.pc-magic.com/

[kwai]

i think he's talking about keeping programs from displaying a button in the taskbar...

[hai]

There's a program "hideit" can do the job. Can't remember its url, you can start searching from www.windows95.com.

[ANTONIO E GUERRA]

Yes, you can create a system policies that will allow to customize desktop, floopy and other resources.Go to the control panel and check for system policies applet. Hope it helps!

[This message has been edited by ANTONIO E GUERRA (edited 07-12-99).]

[KillerBug]

Sounds like he wants to play Quake 2 at work!

[Aragon]

thanks for the tips guys...I'm going to try what hai and Antonio said...as for you, Killerbug: shhhh!!! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[Aragon]

I just tried "hideit"...the hideit prog does hide things from the task bar, but it puts itself in the tray!...that's better, but still not what I was hoping for. Any other suggestions?