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How to hide a program from the taskbar
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Title: How to hide a program from the taskbar
procedure TMainForm.FormShow(Sender: TObject);
var
hwndOwner: HWnd;
begin
hwndOwner := GetWindow(Handle, GW_OWNER);
ShowWindow(hwndOwner, SW_HIDE);
// For Windows 2000, additionally call the ShowWindowAsync function:
ShowWindowAsync(hwndOwner, SW_HIDE);
ShowWindowAsync(Self.Handle, SW_HIDE);
end;
{
Prevent the form from reappearing on the Taskbar after minimizing it:
}
private
procedure WMSysCommand(var msg: TWMSysCommand); message WM_SysCommand;
{....}
implementation
procedure TMainForm.WMSysCommand(var msg: TWMSysCommand);
begin
if msg.CmdType and $FFF0 = SC_MINIMIZE then
hide
else
inherited;
end;
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