quick windowz taskbar question

[VHockey86]

I looked on google to no avail.

Is it possible to hide a program from the taskbar (not near the system clock but in the middle).

Id like to be able to have a couple programs run in the background wihtout showing up in the taskbar whlie minimized.

Anyone know how this might be possible?

VHockey

[darrelld]

This might help http://www.steve.org.uk/Software/windowhide/

[tgxiii]

this program is awesome! nice link

[VHockey86]

nice program.
Is there any means however such that the program would be permanently hidden, thus i wouldnt have to run that program every time I restarted the program and such

[darrelld]

I'm sure there is, and it will have something to do with modifying the command line that starts the program. I don't know the parameters, but I'm sure someone here will.
What programs are you trying to hide?

[VHockey86]

Halo dedicated server
I've figurd out how to get the "windows hide program" to hide with the command line and such, but now im gonig to create a file that will launch the server, and then hide it

So far I have a batch file that looks like this

start C:\"Program Files"\"Microsoft Games"\"Halo Server"\haloded.exe
cd\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Halo Server\Window\
window.exe
window /hide "Halo Console (1)"

now, the halo program launches fine
Everything after the first start command will work if its executed seperately (once the game is started) as well. The problem is this:

The batch file finishes executing all the commands before the halo server even gets loaded, thus the hide command has already gone by and doesnt work.

Is there any way to incorporate some sort of a delay on the batch file without a user input (such as "press any key to continue..")

I cannot simply have it start the server in the same window either (without using the "start" function), because if you do this, the halo console just uses the already open command prompt oepend by the batch file and then the rest of the code in the batch file does not execute.

Any ideas?

[VHockey86]

Well I found by just having it execute the "hide" commands about 20-30 times it takes long enough that the halo server loads in time, and is thus minimized, but is there any way to get around this in a less half-assed way?

[jkrohn]

Use CALL WAIT X where X is the seconds you want to wait.

If you are on XP this won't work.
Two options then. Use ping to ping an address for X seconds outputting to null.
or
Download this sleep utility and call it from the batch file.
http://www.fpschultze.de/b19.htm

Jkrohn

[VHockey86]

C:\Documents and Settings\Andrew>call wait 5
'wait' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

I get that error when i try that

I thought call was to startup another batch file rather than a function of some sort

---edit ---
k, just saw your edit

[VHockey86]

hmm, the sleep utility just tells me "not an NT batch file" and wont do anything