hiding windows taskbar
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Hi, Could anyone please help me with hiding the task bar when application runs. I did that with some code. But when I run another process from a button click, the task bar reappears. I want to disable the windows button too.. Thanks
You can't hide the taskbar. You CAN make your application sit on top of it, and it can also be made topmost. This is VERY hostile behaviour unless you're writing a kiosk style app.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
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You can't hide the taskbar. You CAN make your application sit on top of it, and it can also be made topmost. This is VERY hostile behaviour unless you're writing a kiosk style app.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
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a sincere thnaks for your reply. All I want is that he shouldnot be able to access the start bar(to open my computer) and the taskbar(to open task manager). If I make my application sit on top of it, Will it serve my purpose? thnaks
himangshuS wrote:
(to open task manager)
Task Manager can be opened by right click >> task manager, or by pressing ctrl+alt+del Do you want to Disable any one from going to Task Manager? or Do you want your form application to cover all the screen including the Start bar of Window?
Like car accidents, most hardware problems are due to driver error. Samir R. Ibrahim
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a sincere thnaks for your reply. All I want is that he shouldnot be able to access the start bar(to open my computer) and the taskbar(to open task manager). If I make my application sit on top of it, Will it serve my purpose? thnaks
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a sincere thnaks for your reply. All I want is that he shouldnot be able to access the start bar(to open my computer) and the taskbar(to open task manager). If I make my application sit on top of it, Will it serve my purpose? thnaks
Yes and No For the average user placing your application topmost will be enough, for the more advanced user there is NOTHING you can do (at least not legally). There is always a way to get the task manager at least if this is a app controlled with the keyboard (touchscreen is different).
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himangshuS wrote:
(to open task manager)
Task Manager can be opened by right click >> task manager, or by pressing ctrl+alt+del Do you want to Disable any one from going to Task Manager? or Do you want your form application to cover all the screen including the Start bar of Window?
Like car accidents, most hardware problems are due to driver error. Samir R. Ibrahim
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exactly i want my application to cover all screen including start bar. If user press the startbar also he shouldnot able to view or select any option (or to click My Computer) Could you please tell me how to achieve that thanks
himangshuS wrote:
houldnot able to view or select any option (or to click My Computer)
Should not be able to click on my computer? Is that security needed? I doubt. I guess you will find your answer in WeLoveVirusAPI()
Like car accidents, most hardware problems are due to driver error. Samir R. Ibrahim
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himangshuS wrote:
houldnot able to view or select any option (or to click My Computer)
Should not be able to click on my computer? Is that security needed? I doubt. I guess you will find your answer in WeLoveVirusAPI()
Like car accidents, most hardware problems are due to driver error. Samir R. Ibrahim
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that is purely a security needed. All I want is that user shouldn't be able to access any of the computer's saved files or other data accept the access to my application.
himangshuS wrote:
that is purely a security needed. All I want is that user shouldn't be able to access any of the computer's saved files or other data accept the access to my application.
Sorry, This is still suspicious to me. If I suppose that what your are saying is 100% true, it is TOTALLY WRONG APPROACH. I am not gonna help you regarding this any more. Sorry.
Like car accidents, most hardware problems are due to driver error. Samir R. Ibrahim
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that is purely a security needed. All I want is that user shouldn't be able to access any of the computer's saved files or other data accept the access to my application.
You cannot accomplish this task entirely from your code. This requires configuring Windows policies to handle most of this stuff. All of this is covered in the "Windows Resource Kit", under running Windows in a Kiosk mode. Get a copy from Amazon.com.
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Yes and No For the average user placing your application topmost will be enough, for the more advanced user there is NOTHING you can do (at least not legally). There is always a way to get the task manager at least if this is a app controlled with the keyboard (touchscreen is different).
what if i want to hide the task bar so as to create a game ,you know, like fifa etc what do they do
TheMrProgrammer
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what if i want to hide the task bar so as to create a game ,you know, like fifa etc what do they do
TheMrProgrammer
As far as I know they don't do what you are trying to do, yes the task bar is 'hidden' but you can still access it (pres windows button or ctrl-escape). The reason its hidden is because the game is played full screen (maximized + topmost). I don't play many games but I'v never played one where the game prevented me from accessing my start menu (or anything else on my pc) if I had that game would have been uninstalled faster than I can type this message :). I didn't say you can't hide the taskbar, I said you can't make it so that the user can't access it. Out of curiosity will the user have a keyboard or will it be touchscreen? (I ask because when its touchscreen you can do this (for the most part) since then you control what the user can press)
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what if i want to hide the task bar so as to create a game ,you know, like fifa etc what do they do
TheMrProgrammer
Those games don't use Windows the same way you do in your app. They pretty much take over the video card using DirectX and render everything themselves. You can still get to the Task Manager and Start bar though, with a simple Alt-Tab.
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Hi, Could anyone please help me with hiding the task bar when application runs. I did that with some code. But when I run another process from a button click, the task bar reappears. I want to disable the windows button too.. Thanks
kill explorer.exe !
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a sincere thnaks for your reply. All I want is that he shouldnot be able to access the start bar(to open my computer) and the taskbar(to open task manager). If I make my application sit on top of it, Will it serve my purpose? thnaks
If you set the window state to topmost then yes, it will stay on top of the taskbar.
Christian Graus Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista. "I am new to programming world. I have been learning c# for about past four weeks. I am quite acquainted with the fundamentals of c#. Now I have to work on a project which converts given flat files to XML using the XML serialization method" - SK64 ( but the forums have stuff like this posted every day )
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kill explorer.exe !
<Dr. Evil voice>Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.</Dr. Evil voice> :wtf:
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himangshuS wrote:
that is purely a security needed. All I want is that user shouldn't be able to access any of the computer's saved files or other data accept the access to my application.
Sorry, This is still suspicious to me. If I suppose that what your are saying is 100% true, it is TOTALLY WRONG APPROACH. I am not gonna help you regarding this any more. Sorry.
Like car accidents, most hardware problems are due to driver error. Samir R. Ibrahim
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kill explorer.exe !
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Don't listen to him. You do NOT want to kill Explorer.exe.
A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007, 2008