TaskBar Hider allows you to hide and show the Windows TaskBar panel by pressing user-defined hot key.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Windows registry |
Stealth: ? | No. HKCU\Software\ITSamples\TaskBarHider |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch TaskBarHider.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Hide Taskbar, Taskbar Control |
Hide Taskbar is a simple utility to hide or un-hide only the Windows taskbar using hotkeys. This is triggered with Ctrl+Esc. Note that the Start button is still visible and Windows will not maximize to fill the screen in the space where the taskbar was located.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Hide Taskbar.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Taskbar Control, TaskBar Hider |
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shnbwmn
on 2016-12-25 13:49
@Orca My impression is that this program is more about the aesthetic. As the description states:
MIKLO
on 2016-12-27 13:58
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Ah am I missing something, what does this do different than auto hide taskbar setting? Yeah I no it leaves the start button but is that really so helpful more than auto hide? Maybe its just me and I ain't tryin to be a hater I'm jus sayin. |
Taskbar Control allows hiding/un-hiding the taskbar, including the 1 pixel line that "Auto Hide" displays, without changing a permanent system option. The program's default keyboard shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+I.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | Freeware |
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Similar/alternative apps: | Hide Taskbar, TaskBar Hider |
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billon
on 2017-09-28 05:28
Latest version 1.1.25.2 come in form of installer (which can be extracted), only 64-bit and probably supports only Win 10
Pendrive
on 2021-08-14 18:49
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"Taskbar Control allows hiding/un-hiding the taskbar, including the 1 pixel line"? Really, is that right? It doesn't hide that 1-pixel line for me. |
AltDrag is a lightweight program for moving and resizing windows. Simply hold down the Alt key and then click and drag any window near the sides of your screen to see available resize options. Besides just moving windows, you can resize, maximize and close them too.
See the website About page for usage tips.
Supports 64-bit systems.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 / Win10 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | GNU GPL v3 |
How to extract: | Download the 7z package and extract (using 7-zip or a 7z-compatible archive program) to a folder of your choice. Launch AltDrag.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | DesktopOK |
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Fixitman
on 2013-09-21 13:49
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Uh..why would you need this, you can click and drag to move or resize, minimize, maximize, and close windows with buttons or keyboard shortcuts, anyway? |
Gridy adds an invisible grid on your desktop so that any window you move or resize is snapped to it. This helps maximize screen real estate by making windows placed adjacent to each other dynamically adjust to avoid overlapping.
Snapping to the grid is enabled with mouse drag or keyboard arrow keys. Gridy also lets you store and restore a window's size and position in up to 9 slots. This is useful for quickly arranging your windows in a convenient way. In addition, you can hide the window's Alt-Tab icon, and set any window semi-transparent or to "Always on Top."
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Runs on: | WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 / Win8 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source: MIT |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Gridy.exe. |
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AdrianK_IT
on 2013-11-27 20:37
Just upgraded from a 19" 1280x1024 to a 24" 1920x1200 monitor, and 'side by side' or 'stacked' just didn't cut it any more! A brilliant app, easy to get the hang of, I have my standard workspace of one main and three minor windows at my command. Thanks!
AdrianK_IT
on 2015-01-18 17:31
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V0.60 (the .exe file is a puzzling 4x the size of v0.50) just doesn't work on my PC. Reverted to v0.50. |
Sh'elf is an on-demand window that functions just like your regular desktop, complete with drag-and-drop capability. Program supports relative (portable) paths for customizable image viewing, text editor, command shell, etc., as well as interface options such as stay-on-top and tray icon.
Good for alternate shells or quick access to another directory as an alternate desktop.
NOTE: Both 32 and 64-bit versions are contained in the download. Site offline, linking to softpedia and archive.org.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Dependencies: | MSVCRT.DLL (included by default on XP and above) |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Unicode support: | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | Freeware |
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SauceSqotch
on 2011-05-25 15:13
This looked cool, but its not what I thought it was. the description is (partially) accurate, you can't move icons around via drag and drop, doesn't support custom background images, and only one window.
jessharpur
on 2014-11-14 02:12
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The download link gives an File Not Found error. There are now two separate zips, one for 32bit and one for 64. |
Smir backup and restores your desktop icons positions, useful if you switch monitor resolution. Includes ability to save the layout for every screen resolution or for different tasks you are performing.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None (it will create an .ini file with your icons position when you hit "save") |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch smir.exe. |
Stick-It! lets you set any window you choose to be always on top of other windows. Right click the tray icon and select the Stick-It! menu item, or double click the icon, and the next window you click will be set as always on top. Repeat these steps to return the window to normal.
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Runs on: | WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | None |
Dependencies: | May require elevated user privileges to work on certain windows. |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
License: | Freeware/Open Source |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch Stick-It!.exe. |
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Idjo
on 2012-05-06 21:49
Why not simply use an AutoHotKey script?
dmg
on 2012-05-06 22:42
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I believe if you look at the Stick-It! source code you will see that I use almost that exact code. But Stick-It! is nice and shiny, and has audio visual effects! Besides, most people do not use AutoHotkey and releasing it as a compiled exe greatly broadens the potential user base. |
WinSize2 provides several window management tools in one. The program automatically re-sizes windows according to predefined sizes, saves and restores icon positions on the desktop that get moved during resolution changes, and even renames window titles or and can send an application predefined characters (e.g. some Tab characters to set the focus in the window to a special field).
The program stores individual window positions for unique resolution settings (e.g. larger screens settings may want larger sizes to fit the screen precisely).
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Runs on: | Win98 / WinME / WinNT / Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
Stealth: ? | Yes |
Path portability: | Requires manual entry of relative path (eg. ..\..\personal\work.doc) |
License: | GPL |
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Clicky Gone Portable pulls windows out of view of the task bar or system tray and puts them into it's own menu. This can be an de-cluttering, organizational tool or a privacy issue (often known as a "boss key"). Available options include click-and-hide to quickly push visible windows out of the way, hide active, show/hide all, and "boss key" that both hides and mutes a window.
Optionally, the program can reduce the process priority of hidden windows, suppress pop-ups or notifications, and ignore "full screen" applications (games). Other user interface options include making windows not in focus transparrent as well as adding options to application windows for hide, priority, and pin on top. The program can even be run invisibly, entirely dependent on hot-keys alone.
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Runs on: | Win2K / WinXP / Vista / Win7 |
Writes settings to: | Application folder |
License: | GPL |
How to extract: | Download the ZIP package and extract to a folder of your choice. Launch ClickyGone.exe. |
Similar/alternative apps: | Minime |
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2-11-2010 | MOD | Added extra depth to the lower menu in Clicky Gone Config 2-11-2010 | MOD | Icons hidden in the system tray no have a transparent effect on 32bit displays rather than the old dark icons |
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azizrahman
on 2010-07-11 16:22
the best hiding progamme i have ever came acrossed.. good work
webfork
on 2013-10-16 02:12
Outstanding program - very lucky it's freeware. Use it daily to help keep my desk clean. The click-to-hide feature lets me push to the side everything I need moved out of view.
webfork
on 2014-02-03 01:10
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One odd note: the program won't hide Mozilla SeaMonkey when you hold the hot key and click the top bar: you have to click IN the window. Also, it won't hide YoutubeDownloaderHD at all. Other than those two programs, it seems uniform when hiding all other windows. |