Hide My Windows is an easy-to-use and smart software for hiding windows and applications in your Windows environment.
Hide My Windows designed for Office use for people under control. We knows that noone can work all days and any man and woman needs in rest. Most people playing games on workplace and it's a main reasons to be fired, no matter is it a Solitaire or action game. Using Hide My Windows you can hide game windows quickly in one key press
Another thing it's a private documents (financial for example) that you don't want to show someone behind you. It's usually necessary when employee come or at exhibitions.
You can hide group of windows by part-name filter, for example add filter "Intern" to hide all visible windows of Internet Explorer.
When you need to hide all windows under filter except some you can use "Exceptions List" in options. Just add name or words combination specific to those windows and HMW will never hide them. Very usefull if you have work and fun in browser like Internet Explorer. Add work titles into Exceptions list and "Internet Explorer" or "Firefox" (or another browser you use) into filters list and that's all - fun content will be hidden and work windows will stay on screen.
NB! You can select how to show windows same way as you hide it.
Hide windows with a secret (changeable) hotkey combination;
Customizable hot keys;
Hide windows with middle mouse button click;
Hide windows when mouse moved to desktop corner;
Any desktop corner
Hide active windows with a one key press;
Hide windows on screensaver start;
Close applications with hidden windows by keypress;
Close Browsers
Supported Browsers:
Internet Explorer
Maxthon Browser
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Avant Browser
Slim Browser
Google Chrome
Manage Browsers to be closed;
Hide, show and close applications and windows from GUI;
Restore all windows on their places;
Full support DirectX and OpenGL games locks - screen, mouse, keyboard;
Works invisibly in the background;
Show list of hidden windows;
Owner process detection;
Show operations password protection;
Customizable password protection window - You can disgise password protection window. You can change caption, labels and icon of this window and if your boss will see it he will think that it's a system or work window. For example password request window can be masked as Microsoft Outlook window;
Define windows that need to be hidden and enter their names (for example enter "Fire" to filters to hide "Firefox" and "Fireworks" applications, or enter "Inbox - for yourname@host" to hide your mail when you are in Inbox").
Use Ctrl+Alt+A global hotkey to add to filters exact name of active window.
Edit filters by double click on its name in list.
Global Hotkeys:
You can redefine global hotkeys for all operations, just click on needed field and press keys combination. After it press "Apply Changes" button.
Move mouse to:
Bottom-right screen corner to hide windows
Top-right screen corner to show windows
You can redefine corners in "Options"
Hide and show with middle button:
Open "Options" and page "Hide with mouse"
Select operations that you want to do with middle button: hide all, hide only active window (recommended) and show all
Hide games:
Start Game
Swith to Hide My Windows (if game in full screen mode
Click dropdown button on Filters header field.
From drop down list of windows select your game window.
Press "Add" button.
Don't forget that game window can have no caption or caption can be changes during game, so use optimal filter line. For example, for "Counter-Strike", "Conter-Strike: Source" use something like "Counter-Strike", or "ounter".
Must to know:
When you close Hide My Windows all hidden windows will appear
Privacy Protection:
Set password phrase to prevent unauthorized access to your hidden windows and settings. Set it in View » Options.
Set "Autostart" and "Hide on start" options in View » Options to protect your privacy and make Hide My Windows invisible for anyone
Change GUI of password window - change caption, label and select any executable to use its icon in password window (we recomend to select you Work application, e.g. Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, Eclipse, etc). Hide My Windows exctract icon automatically from application you selected.
Set "Hide on screensaver running" option to hide windows by filter list when you left your work place
Hide My Windows trial allowed to use it during 14 days, after it you need by license or uninstall software. License cost is $14.95, and you can buy it here: ALSEDI Authorized Plimus E-commerce Provider
Internet Explorer
Maxthon Browser
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Avant Browser
Slim Browser
Google Chrome