Could the taskbar Inspector List have options to show or hide the taskbar icons? I would l like to hide some progarm icons as the programs run in the background and they just take up valuable space on the taskbar.

Thanks, that works BUT it is temporary. They disappear as soon as the programs are closed. Is there any way to make the attachments permanent. I guess it would look like a user defined jump list.

For a permanent grouping, you might want to try using win7appid:

http://code.google.com/p/win7appid/

It allows you to assign Application IDs to shortcuts, so if you assign multiple shortcuts the same AppID, they will group.

Can't you just use SetWindowLongPtr with WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW to do that? Or do you not have enough information to get a window handle?

Hi,

The user interface for this option could be implemented in the Taskbar Inspector window. All active programs are listed, some with cryptic names but no matter,  Each top level line could have a checkbox at the end of the line. For example:

     C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\WINDWORD.EXE ..... [_]

         Document1 - Microsoft Word

     GPSoftware. DirectoryOpus ........................................................ [_]

     {nnnn...n}\Canon\SolutionMenu\CNLSMAIN.exe .......................... [_]

         Canon Solution Menu

     Microsoft.AutoGenerated.{nnnn...n} ............................................ [_]

         Launcher.BTYpe: FX DocuPrint M205 b

I suspect this will be difficult, so another method would be to have a flip-flop context menu item. Right click on the program line in Taskbar Inspector and choose 'Hide icon' to hide the taskbar icon. The next time you right click on the line, 'Show icon' is listed instead of Hide. Choosing 'Show icon' makes the icon appear again on the taskbar and changes the option name back to 'Hide icon'.

This feature is certainly possible; as it is a component of Actual Window Manager (remove taskbar entry). It's also available in its cheaper/trimmed-down descendant Actual Window Guard.

BTW rammichael, thanks for this

For a permanent grouping, you might want to try using win7appid:

http://code.google.com/p/win7appid/

Hi Main,

I have the Actual Window Manager program and, about a month ago, I noticed it did have that feature which I'm now using with great success and satisfaction.

Thanks for the information and my apologies for not updating the forum with my updated info.