Can't hide start button

[bitpoint]

Hi, I'm trying to hide then show the taskbar and start button. Hiding the taskbar works fine but the start button appears immutable. I am running Win 7 64bit and I have searched the forum and tried all the code I could find.

If anyone could help I would appreciate it!

[SmOke_N]

Enum all the children of the Shell_TrayWnd class, store them in an array, hide them all, then return them all from the array when you're ready.

Or you can cheat and hope this never fails:

#include <WinAPI.au3>

__myTaskHS(True)
Sleep(3000)
__myTaskHS(False)

Func __myTaskHS($f_hide = False)
    Local $h_task = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]")
    If Not $h_task Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0)

    Local $h_start = 0
    Local $a_wlist = WinList("[CLASS:Button]")
    If Not IsArray($a_wlist) Then Return SetError(2, 0, 0)

    For $iwin = 1 To $a_wlist[0][0]
        If _WinAPI_GetParent($a_wlist[$iwin][1]) = $h_task Then
            $h_start = $a_wlist[$iwin][1]
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
    Next

    If Not $h_start Then Return SetError(3, 0, 0)

    If $f_hide Then
        _WinAPI_ShowWindow($h_start, @SW_HIDE)
        _WinAPI_ShowWindow($h_task, @SW_HIDE)
    Else
        _WinAPI_ShowWindow($h_start, @SW_SHOW)
        _WinAPI_ShowWindow($h_task, @SW_SHOW)
    EndIf
EndFunc

[bitpoint]

Enum all the children of the Shell_TrayWnd class, store them in an array, hide them all, then return them all from the array when you're ready.

Or you can cheat and hope this never fails:

#include <WinAPI.au3>

__myTaskHS(True)
Sleep(3000)
__myTaskHS(False)

Func __myTaskHS($f_hide = False)
    Local $h_task = WinGetHandle("[CLASS:Shell_TrayWnd]")
    If Not $h_task Then Return SetError(1, 0, 0)

    Local $h_start = 0
    Local $a_wlist = WinList("[CLASS:Button]")
    If Not IsArray($a_wlist) Then Return SetError(2, 0, 0)

    For $iwin = 1 To $a_wlist[0][0]
        If _WinAPI_GetParent($a_wlist[$iwin][1]) = $h_task Then
            $h_start = $a_wlist[$iwin][1]
            ExitLoop
        EndIf
    Next

    If Not $h_start Then Return SetError(3, 0, 0)

    If $f_hide Then
        _WinAPI_ShowWindow($h_start, @SW_HIDE)
        _WinAPI_ShowWindow($h_task, @SW_HIDE)
    Else
        _WinAPI_ShowWindow($h_start, @SW_SHOW)
        _WinAPI_ShowWindow($h_task, @SW_SHOW)
    EndIf
EndFunc

You rock. Thanks- works perfect.

[Hansio]

Enum all the children of the Shell_TrayWnd class, store them in an array, hide them all, then return them all from the array when you're ready.

Or you can cheat and hope this never fails:

Excellent :-) is it possible to make it toggle between show and hide, so if it is hidden then it will be displayed and vice versa?