Hide Taskbar Plus

Hide taskbar buttons, hide taskbar items.

Pros: Hide Window Plus is a tool that allows you to hide programs to background from the screen and the taskbar with a single keystroke or a right click on the Close button. If the program creates a tray icon it will be hidden as well. You can later un-hide the program with a keyboard shortcut. Sometimes you need to hide the programs you are running from anyone who may be passing by or be actually curious to find out. Minimizing windows can protect you but an indication is always available on the taskbar. Hide Taskbar Plus hides taskbar items, taskbar buttons, hide taskbar icons. It lets you instantly hide taskbar items, hide taskbar buttons, hide taskbar icons. The application lets you hide a taskbar button by right clicking on it and choosing to hide it. Hiding is possible via hotkeys. It is possible to operate from the Alt-Tab list. If you need to hide a set of programs together, it is possible to create a group and associate a keyboard shortcut to hide and unhide the group. This tool also allows you to run a screensaver, turn off the display or mute the sound in no time using keyboard shortcuts. Hide Window Plus is compatible almost with any Windows program.

The Hide Taskbar itself laves very little footprint. Programs to be hidden should be added into the Hide Programs list and are hidden with keyboard shortcut. Hide Window Plus itself runs invisibly in the background and doesn`t create any icons in the system tray and can be installed in "stealth mode", without creating any icons in the Start Menu. Stealth installation is possible so that there are no shortcuts in the start menu and in the add/remove program control in the control panel. Several other actions that help in the privacy scheme of things are possible too. Keyboard short-cuts can activate a screensaver or turn off the display or mute the sound.

Cons: Looks like it is designed for shirkers, the employees/ children/ others who want to run things and do not want others to know.

Overall: Though I do not subscribe to the real purpose, the application does its job well so deserves a 3 star rating easily.

Hide Taskbar Plus lets you instantly hide taskbar items, hide taskbar buttos, hide taskbar icons. With this program you can easily hide any taskbar button by right-clicking on it and choosing Hide from popup menu. You can also hide taskbar items with hotkeys. The program lets you define several groups of programs so you can hide several programs at once from the taskbar, and show them back again.