permanently hide windowed application on startup

tententwenty said:

that's the problem. I realise my custom buttons assigned hotkeys don't work if LogiOptions is not running on my taskbar.

One solution is to:
1. remove it from startup programs
2. create shortcut icon on desktop (or anywhere else, it doesn't matter)
3. assign custom KB shortcut key in shortcut properties that you made in step 2

Next time you reboot, press KB shortcut if you want to open up LogiOptions interface.

You could experiment with this - (not tried it personally):
How to Hide Running Windows Programs and Active Windows - Make Tech Easier

tententwenty said:

I want to keep it running in the background, so it won't make sense with step 1??

If LogiOptions doesn't give you that option trough interface then you'll have to find which process is starting LogiOptions and learn commanline parameters passed to LogiOptions.

According to your taskbar screenshot there are multiple processes involved, please take a look into task scheduler and try to find logitech task there, if there is one it should have command line parameters which you can modify.

Next step if this doesn't work, use autoruns to see which process is responsible for startup.
double click on startup item and it will open up registry editor that will lead you straight to registry value which you can investigate on how to modify executable startup parameters.

If not working next use process monitor to learn the same - command line parameters and investigate how to modify them if possible.

Thank you for your reply.

More you can try - again, not tried.
8 Tools to Stealth or Hide Running Program from Appearing in Taskbar or Traybar • Raymond.CC

tententwenty said:

can you explain specifically how to hide windows to tray ... if it is not natively supported in the first place?

I have never found any means of doing so.
- I searched extensively and also asked about the subject here in TenForums.
I no longer believe any solution exists.

Denis

tententwenty said:

can you explain specifically how to hide windows to tray using command line if it is not natively supported in the first place?

1. Right click on Windows button and select "Windows PowerShell (Admin)"
2. If prompted for password, enter administrator password and click "Yes" to continue
3. Copy all of the code below at once, right click into console to paste and press enter to execute:

Code:

Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" -Name LogiOptions | Out-File $env:SystemDrive\logioptions.log

4. This will create file called "logioptions.log" in your C:\ drive, please share it here by attaching to your new post.

tententwenty said:

can you explain specifically how to hide windows to tray ... if it is not natively supported in the first place?

zebal said:

1. Right click on Windows button and select "Windows PowerShell (Admin)"
2. If prompted for password, enter administrator password and click "Yes" to continue
3. Copy all of the code below at once, right click into console to paste and press enter to execute:

Code:

Get-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" -Name LogiOptions | Out-File $env:SystemDrive\logioptions.log

4. This will create file called "logioptions.log" in your C:\ drive, please share it here by attaching to your new post.

What am I not seeing here? That does not seem to be a response to the OP's question.

Denis

Try3 said:

What am I not seeing here? That does not seem to be a response to the OP's question.

I attempted to reproduce problem that the OP is describing.
Installed LogiOption program into VM to see how to enable\disable LogiOptions from appearing on startup.

My test was success, do you have LogiOptions installed? maybe you can reproduce same as I did?

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btw. I didn't share possible solution because that depends on the output of the previous command.

Basically a switch that should disable maximized window is called /noui
If you don't have that switch the solution that worked in my test is this:

Code:

Set-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" -Name LogiOptions -Value $($Data + " /noui")

Where the variable $Data is output of the previous command if there is no switch specified.