Taskbar Hide - hide windows program 1.6.1

Some applications can be minimized to the system tray, like Winamp for example; you can choose if you want to view a Winamp button in the taskbar, or a Winamp icon on the system tray. Personally, I have it set up so that I only see the system tray icon.

Other applications do not offer this luxury; you cannot set it up so they will be minimized to the system tray. They will stay on the taskbar, much to your dismay. If you want to free up some taskbar space and minimize applications to the system tray, you need to turn to a specialized piece of software that can offer this sort of functionality.

One such application is the Eusing Software-developed and aptly named Taskbar Hide. With the help of this application you can minimize applications to the system tray instead of the taskbar. The nice thing about this taskbar management utility is that it does much more than that. Here’s what I am talking about:

Make it disappear: You can hide windows out of sight, and you can hide icons in the system tray. While an application or window is hidden, Taskbar Hide will mute all sounds.
Bring it to the front: you can set it up so that a window will stay on top of other windows.
Internet Explorer friendly: you can use Taskbar Hide to maximize only IE windows,; aslo, Taskbar Hide can automatically maximize only new IE windows.
Windows 7 functionality: users of Windows XP and Vista, thanks to this application, can rearrange the order of the buttons in the taskbar. This sort of functionality is available in Windows 7, but not in older Windows versions.

Another notable thing about this application is it ease of use. The application’s interface is easy to figure out and on top of that, what makes using Taskbar Hide event easier is the fact that it provides hotkey support.

Please note that Taskbar Hide is not freeware, it is only free to try. You have a lengthy 30-day trial period of put the program through its paces and see what it has to offer.

Easily hide, rearrange order on the taskbar, minimize to the system tray, and close applications with Taskbar Hide.

Pros

• Lightweight download
• Simple interface
• Hotkeys
• Minimize windows and applications to the system tray
• Reorder taskbar buttons
• Hide windows and system tray icons
• Hide any other part of the taskbar, including the Start menu
• Works with just about any windows version
• Lengthy 30-day trial

Cons

• Nag screen

About Eusing Software
Details on Eusing Software and the applications it has to offer are available here.

Taskbar Hide - hide windows program has been reviewed by George Norman on 06 Apr 2011. Based on the user interface, features and complexity, Findmysoft has rated Taskbar Hide - hide windows program 4 out of 5 stars, naming it Excellent