Hide running program task manager

There are legit reasons for wanting to do this but there is really nothing published that I can find. Trying to do this is beyond me so I guess I'll never know.

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Thanks for your understanding, and you are welcomed to ask any vb. Sorry for taking so long to get back to you on this. I don't see any ethical or other issue in this as you were only asking how to hide the process from the "Applications Tab" and not necessarily the "Processes Tab". Any one that can read the online documentation from MS can learn how to do this.

I originally learned about this technique when the need arose to hide a form from the Alt-Tab switcher and I noticed that it also hid the form from the "Application Tab" as well. The reason that I originally proposed the "Notification Area" icon was that without it, there is no way to re-activate the window except programmatically with say a timer once it has been minimized.

Alternatively, you could set the window Form to be on top all the time. I have tested this on both XP and Vista I do not have a Win 7 machine yet and it works fine as can be seen in this picture. I have been pulled away on another project so it might be a few days before I can get back to my app.

I have some other priority tasks that have came up and will not be able to work on this again until maybe late next week. I'll be sure to post my results. Just set the Text property of the window to "VbNullString" and it will not show in the task manager Application tab.

I closed this thread and marked above replies as answer. When you come back, if you think they provide no help, please unmark and follow up. I assume that if I set the Text property of the window to "VbNullString" that there will be no title in the title bar. My preference would to be able to use a title in the title bar if I possibly can.

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Rob, There is nothing special about the Notification Icon, as I stated, it was just an easy way to bring the window back into view. Thursday, April 14, AM. I'm not sure, but doesn't the 'ShowInTaskbar' property of the form set to false help? I did set the ShowInTaskbar property and it does hide an icon from appearing on the taskbar but it's still listed in the Task Manager Application Tab.

As I stated in my initial question, the form will need to be in view and not minimized so the user can interact with it. It will be hidden if the timer has more than 10 minutes remaining until restart but if the timer has less than 10 minutes remaining, the user needs to be able to see the app in order to further postpone if they wish.

In process manager you have svchost. Its worth trying if your process is something. If the child is computer literate, they will get a 3rd party Task Manager A limited access account with the Registry changed to not allow TM to run might be better here Now you can click the edit button and edit the permissions of the users. Uncheck the two permission boxes. Start off gently, before bringing in the big guns.

Copy TM onto a thumbdrive, from a friend. Let's see how it goes. But if the task manager is running as normal, but not showing some of the processes may lead to least suspicions.

Everything I've seen either leaves another program running, is done within the application you want to hide by internal code, or do what else has been suggested here. If she only needs to access certain settings you may try using a power user account. If the Partenl software has a component registered in services you should make sure to set startup to automatic. Though trying to hide the program in TaskManager is what you want to do I would say just disable TaskManager on her account and make it so she cannot install anything.

Does the program give you the option to run as a windows service? I believe that it wont show in processes under task manager if it is running as a windows service. I don't think it's possible to hide a process The easiest way would be to rename the process to something that looks like a windows process. Something like System64 or MSsystem64 would look like a windows process, but you would know better.

I am just trying to find a free or cheaper way to do this. As far as i know i is possible via a visual basic program as well. Blind Boss Key does not hide any process, it only hides the open windows. Does anyone has any other clue? I'm sure you can do it, that is hide information from other programs using VB. It still takes knowledge of Windows internals and data structures to do this. I contend that a 'talented' individual can probably overcome almost any controls and protections one devises.

Some kids fit this bill I'd say the best way if you are dealing with kids is install limited USER ID's, Parental Controls, limit program installs make that deny , and talk to your kids. You'll not be able to be always secure and safe though, don't fool yourself. Start with that program's specific documentation. That's an application setting normally.

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Submit ». Wilson Apr 23, at UTC. Are you worried more about them seeing it or being able to see it and kill the process? Doughnut This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Torrey Apr 23, at UTC. Nick Apr 23, at UTC. Good call. Turns out there was an option I overlooked! Thai Pepper. This topic has been locked by an administrator and is no longer open for commenting.