removing autoit icon from taskbar

[jaydeep]

whenever i run an autoit exe file or execute an autoit script, an icon of the script comes in the taskbar....

i wanted to know how to remove that icon from the taskbar such that no such notification about a running script will come...

[nitekram]

whenever i run an autoit exe file or execute an autoit script, an icon of the script comes in the taskbar....

i wanted to know how to remove that icon from the taskbar such that no such notification about a running script will come...

have you search the help file? try searching for 'disable icon'

[Pain]

TrayIconHide

Hides the AutoIt tray icon. Note: The icon will still initially appear ~750 milliseconds.

0 = show icon (default)

1 = hide icon

[martin]

have you search the help file? try searching for 'disable icon'

What did you find when you searched for that? I can't find anything useful.

If the OP didn't want to hide the tray icon but the task bar icon then maybe the answer is to make the gui a child of ProgramManager or of a hidden window, though there are lots of posts about this.

$hParent = GUICreate("parent");not shown

$hGui1 = GUICreate('No task bar icon ?(Parent is a hidden window)', 1100,800,0,0,-1,-1,$hParent)
GUISetState()

sleep(10000)
GUIDelete($hGui1)
GUIDelete($hParent)
sleep(2000)
$hGui1 = GUICreate('No task bar icon? (parent is Program Manager)', 1100,800,0,0,-1,-1,WinGetHandle("Program Manager"))
GUISetState()
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = -3 Then

        Exit
    EndIf

WEnd

[jaydeep]

What did you find when you searched for that? I can't find anything useful.

If the OP didn't want to hide the tray icon but the task bar icon then maybe the answer is to make the gui a child of ProgramManager or of a hidden window, though there are lots of posts about this.

$hParent = GUICreate("parent");not shown

$hGui1 = GUICreate('No task bar icon ?(Parent is a hidden window)', 1100,800,0,0,-1,-1,$hParent)
GUISetState()

sleep(10000)
GUIDelete($hGui1)
GUIDelete($hParent)
sleep(2000)
$hGui1 = GUICreate('No task bar icon? (parent is Program Manager)', 1100,800,0,0,-1,-1,WinGetHandle("Program Manager"))
GUISetState()
While 1
    $msg = GUIGetMsg()
    If $msg = -3 Then

        Exit
    EndIf

WEnd

well what i meant is when the script is running...the autoit logo comes in the task bar ...i dont want that to appear

[Yashied]

Completely without icons, Alt-Tab including.

#NoTrayIcon

#Include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$hParent = GUICreate('', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW)
$hForm = GUICreate('MyGUI', 400, 400, -1, -1, BitOR($WS_CAPTION, $WS_POPUP, $WS_SYSMENU), BitOR($WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME, $WS_EX_TOPMOST), $hParent)

GUISetState()

Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3

[martin]

Completely without icons, Alt-Tab including.

#NoTrayIcon

#Include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$hParent = GUICreate('', 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, $WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW)
$hForm = GUICreate('MyGUI', 400, 400, -1, -1, BitOR($WS_CAPTION, $WS_POPUP, $WS_SYSMENU), BitOR($WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME, $WS_EX_TOPMOST), $hParent)

GUISetState()

Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = -3

Yes but that is just the same as the first way I showed isn't it?

[jaydeep]

Thank you all for posting such nice replies...i got what i was looking for.... you people are great...

[Yashied]

Yes but that is just the same as the first way I showed isn't it?

Almost, I added WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW. Edited March 20, 2010 by Yashied

[martin]

Almost, I added WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW.

I know, but since you didn't set the state to @SW_SHOW that style was not needed. But it's a very small point.

[Yashied]

I know, but since you didn't set the state to @SW_SHOW that style was not needed.

Without it, the icon will be present on the Alt-Tab dialog.

[martin]

Without it, the icon will be present on the Alt-Tab dialog.

Ok, I hadn't realized that, thanks.

But if you use Program Manager for the parent as my second method did then you don't need to create a parent gui and the icon doesn't appear in the Alt Tab list either.

[sharpharp]

Yes but that is just the same as the first way I showed isn't it?

I tried this, but I just get a big window in the screen, I just want to hide the Taskbar Icon so my script runs without it appearing in the Taskbar.

Any ideas?