HMW - Hide my Windows [Updated 2024-Oct-18]

[KaFu]

So how about this hack ?

On Boss-Key start = hmw.exe

Param = /AutoIt3ExecuteLine  "WinClose('f6699824-0264-42f0-94c0-64accac68c9a')"

[TheDcoder]

Oh, that? . What about the Exit Confirmation dialogue?

[KaFu]

The dialogue is not triggered on my system when using the above parameters for the Boss-Key, plus all hidden windows are revealed, all you've been asking for ?

[TheDcoder]

Oh, will check now @KaFu

[TheDcoder]

I have just checked... and it worked but not as expected! EVERY window on my desktop closed! (I have set HMW to kill every process when exiting)

[TheDcoder]

Oh, I have just looked and saw that Boss Key's purpose is to hide all windows. I wanted boss key to make HMW exit and close all the hidden windows

[KaFu]

You can change that behavior with the "On Exit" dropdown box.

[TheDcoder]

1 minute ago, KaFu said:

You can change that behavior with the "On Exit" dropdown box.

I have set it to Close Processes (It works fine when I close HMW window by pressing the "X" button)

[KaFu]

2018-Sep-16, Changelog v2 > v3

• Fixed some tray icons not display on Win10
• Updated codebase to AutoIt v3.3.14.5

Source and Executable are available at
http://www.funk.eu

Best Regards

[TheDcoder]

@KaFu Great, thanks! An update after two years!

I was actually very inspired by your program. I researched many months about a similar solution for linux, in the end I even decided to write my own tool... after many months of (trying to) learning a bunch of languages and failing, I finally made myself a similar tool which can hide windows using C.

It should work on any linux computer which uses the X display server, it is called mapmywindows and it is open source. I started working on it in March this year, but it was just a proof of concept until recently (a few days ago) I implemented full keyboard shortcut support and ability to  hide multiple windows. Quite a coincidence

Sorry for taking over your thread, I got excited. Thank you for the work and inspiring me

P.S Also sorry for stealing the name... LOL

Edited September 16, 2018 by TheDcoder
fix

[connected]

hi, can you make, for additional payment option to hide icon from tray  using cmd, or some like, config file with process name to hide it permanently, not need to open program and check options, and also, running your software as service, best regards

[TheDcoder]

@KaFu I have added your software at AlternativeTo as an alternative to some programs, please update the icon there and check other details to make sure that they are correct (I copy pasted them from your website)

...now I am going to add my software as an alternative to HMW

[KaFu]

2024-Oct-18, Changelog v3 > v4

• Made code x64 safe
• Ported HMW Code to run on AutoIt Version v3.3.16.1

Source and Executable are available at
https://funk.eu

Best Regards