IDEA: Taskbar hider

[mrHappy]

There's many (unfortunately) shareware programs that makes it possible to hide the tasks in the taskbar, not removing them, just hiding them.
Fx. Tweak-XP image of the option : Hide taskbar items

I haven't been able to find a single small program that does only that... hiding the tasks.
And unfortunately I have no idea of how to make one myself.
It doesn't have to have a lot of options, in fact it doesn't have to have any options at all, just a way to quit/close if that's what the user want.

[lanux128]

i'm a bit vague about "hiding" and "removing from view".. there are some discussions here about taskbar apps but i not sure whether that fits the bill... try googling, you're bound to come with something

[kimmchii]

i simply stop the explorer.exe process (Start->Shutdown->CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+Cancel)

[jgpaiva]

There's another solution.
See information about taskbarEx here.
With this, you could just drag a task button out of your taskbar. It'd still be in your desktop, but you could make it not be on top and cover it with a window.

[lanux128]

i also had TaskbarEx in mind, jgpaiva. but i'm quite hazy about the dev/null's requirements.. maybe later he'll explain in more detail.

[insert_nick]

I haven't been able to find a single small program that does only that... hiding the tasks.

Maybe this one is what you're searching for?
WinBoss Classic