Re: hide taskbar
From: Rick Thering (rthering_at_nospam.melange-inc.com)
Date: 04/22/04
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Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:35:03 -0400
Philipp,
do you have Task Manager on your image? If so try running your application
from the Task manager after you have gotten to this blank screen. If it
runs, you are probably running up against a required service that has not
started before your application comes up. What I did to get around this was
to fire my application from a VB Script with a wait loop. May not be the
best way, but it is simple and will prove the concept.
"Philipp Stampfl" <stampfl@audite.at> wrote in message
news:%23wy9KgGKEHA.1264@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi again!
>
> Well, I changes the default shell for my user from explorer.exe to
myapp.exe
> which opens a config file at the startup. It also uses directX and a
> touchscreen for the interface. When I did that change, I got a blank
windows
> background, no taskbar and no programm running, with no error message. The
> application throws errors if it can not load the config file or can not
> access direct sound but there was no error. The only way out was
> CTRL+ALT+DEL to get the shutdown options.
>
> I don't know why the app could not be loaded. Should I be able to use any
> application as default shell? E.g. notepad.exe ?
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Philipp
>
>
>
>
> "KM" <konstmor@nospam.yahoo.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:usSpqqvJEHA.892@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Philipp,
> >
> > There have been some working solutions to hide the taskabar but my guess
> they all will work *after* startup. That means you can
> > possible see the taskbar when Explorer is loaded.
> > A while ago a wrote a simple app to hide the Explorer taskbar, desktop,
> etc. But again, this works after the Explorer has been
> > loaded.
> >
> > I guess the only cure for you would be removing the Explorer as a shell
at
> all. Can you mention why couldn't you make your app the
> > shell?
> > Does it have dependencies on running Explorer?
> >
> > Particularly, this statement is unclear: "The next tip was to run the
> application as an alternate shell due to registry hacks
> > (replace explorer.exe with the custom application) which actually ended
up
> in a booted XPE with no taskbar an no custom program.".
> > Why it ended up with no custom program running?
> >
> > --
> > KM,
> > BSquare Corporation
> >
> > > Hi all!
> > >
> > > This was discussed here some weeks ago but with no working solution,
so
> I
> > > try again.
> > >
> > > I want to run my application in autostart and I do not want to see the
> > > windows cursor during startup and I don't want to see the taskbar at
> all.
> > > There were tips to hide the cursor in the program which works but not
> until
> > > the prog. starts. Another tip was to make the cursor invisible, which
> also
> > > works but not during the startup, bevore the custom settings were
> loaded.
> > > The next tip was to run the application as an alternate shell due to
> > > registry hacks (replace explorer.exe with the custom application)
which
> > > actually ended up in a booted XPE with no taskbar an no custom
program.
> > > Simple tricks like autohiding the taskbar do not really work either as
> it
> > > will first show and then slide down.
> > >
> > > Any tips how to get a custom program started without showing the
taskbar
> and
> > > (if possible) the cursor during the startup (until customized settings
> are
> > > loaded).
> > >
> > > Thanks for any hint!
> > >
> > > Phil
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
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