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Uncle Ronald Jan 5, 2019 @ 5:35am
Hide fullscreen games in tray
Situation : i am playing a fullscreen game and i hear someone infront of my door that is going to check if i am not gaming.
me: alt tabs out
person : checks taskbar and sees game
**busted**
does anybody know a way or a software i could use to bind a hotkey to hide a fullscreen game and hide it in the taskbar tray?
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Originally posted by Supafly:
You could try just hiding it.

Right click taskbar > Taskbar settings > Automatically hide taskbar in desktop mode.

Taskbar will be hidden. Make sure to have Steam or webbrowser or whatever your have in the background fullscreen whilst taskbar is hidden otherwise you'll see a gap where taskbar should be.

You can still use taskbar by moving mouse to edge of the screen.
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Supafly Jan 5, 2019 @ 5:40am 
You could try just hiding it.

Right click taskbar > Taskbar settings > Automatically hide taskbar in desktop mode.

Taskbar will be hidden. Make sure to have Steam or webbrowser or whatever your have in the background fullscreen whilst taskbar is hidden otherwise you'll see a gap where taskbar should be.

You can still use taskbar by moving mouse to edge of the screen.
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夜舞风铃 Jan 5, 2019 @ 5:40am 
I have never encountered such a situation, and I regret that I can't help you.
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ReBoot Jan 5, 2019 @ 5:45am 
Are you a kid or why else does ANYBODY but you has the right to know what programs are running?
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Uncle Ronald Jan 5, 2019 @ 5:46am 
Originally posted by ReBoot:
Are you a kid or why else does ANYBODY but you has the right to know what programs are running?
still live with parents and they don't allow games on schooldays.
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Uncle Ronald Jan 5, 2019 @ 5:48am 
Originally posted by Suicidal Monkey:
You could try just hiding it.

Right click taskbar > Taskbar settings > Automatically hide taskbar in desktop mode.

Taskbar will be hidden. Make sure to have Steam or webbrowser or whatever your have in the background fullscreen whilst taskbar is hidden otherwise you'll see a gap where taskbar should be.

You can still use taskbar by moving mouse to edge of the screen.
Thanks! i will use this method.
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ReBoot Jan 5, 2019 @ 5:52am 
Originally posted by Uncle Ronald:
Originally posted by ReBoot:
Are you a kid or why else does ANYBODY but you has the right to know what programs are running?
still live with parents and they don't allow games on schooldays.
This looks like a situation for a social solution, not a technical one.
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Uncle Ronald Jan 5, 2019 @ 5:56am 
Originally posted by ReBoot:
Originally posted by Uncle Ronald:
still live with parents and they don't allow games on schooldays.
This looks like a situation for a social solution, not a technical one.
well ive tried everything to convince them. but they see gaming as something that could give someone a mental illness.
well i don't see anything wrong with playing for 1 or 2 hours a day after studying.
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