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john Wesley · Aug 1st, 2006, 7:18 AM

The thing with SetWindowPos is, I believe, That you dont need to set the HIDEWINDOW flag, but can 'set the window pos' by giving it dimensions.
This does not only set the 'position' of the window but has to do with the 'size' of the window also, Therefore, though I havnt tried it, maybe you could keep the window visible with this function and it may still remove it from the taskbar.

Edit : Im not thinking straight ^^..... Still use the 'hidewindow' flag but set the window size also, instead of, 0, 0, 0, 0 etc...

Aug 1st, 2006, 7:18 AM	#13
john Wesley Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: May 2006 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 119 Rep Power: 3	The thing with SetWindowPos is, I believe, That you dont need to set the HIDEWINDOW flag, but can 'set the window pos' by giving it dimensions. This does not only set the 'position' of the window but has to do with the 'size' of the window also, Therefore, though I havnt tried it, maybe you could keep the window visible with this function and it may still remove it from the taskbar. Edit : Im not thinking straight ^^..... Still use the 'hidewindow' flag but set the window size also, instead of, 0, 0, 0, 0 etc... __________________ Mona Lisa must of had the highway blues you can tell by the way she smiles..