How to Run a Program in the Background so it Doesn't Show up on the Windows Taskbar

If you need to run a specific program or process in the background and don't want its icon to show up on the Windows taskbar, you can run it using a PowerShell command. You will then be able to see your program running in Task Manager in case you need to stop it.

Here is the command to check your execution policy.
Get-ExecutionPolicy

Here is the command to change the restriction level to unrestricted.
Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted

Here is the command for the .ps1 file. Just be sure to change the path and executable name.

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[cluelessfish]

Great walk thru I did this with an cmd file for some ai tools gets rid of the pesky thing sitting on the task bar well more the point in me not closing it all the time may figger out how to add it to start up :D

[felipefnn]

The only way I could get windhawk to actually start in second plan instead of opening the window....

[martinvisintini-unraf]

Hi, I made the script, if I make left click, run with PoweShell: it works fine, but if I double click or, left click open with PowerShell, i get the ExecutionPolicy error, it's says: "scrip execution is disabled in this system" that was my traducction i get the error in spanish: (No se puede cargar el archivo: la ejecución de scripts está desabilitada en este sistema.) I already run powershell as Admin, run Set-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted, and with Get-ExecutionPolicy I get "Unrestricted", also " .\my_script.ps1" works ok from the powershell console.
I need it to work with double click, because my intention is to put it at windows start.
Help Please!

[UkuleleHungary]

How can I set it to start after Windows boots?

[alimousavi-gx]

Thank you for your good teaching
How can I run a program and it is not even visible in the task manager?

[slabman]

Hello, I require help with the following. I have software that I need to use to help customers remotely but I don't want then to see what I am using or be visible. I require a script to open the software, click on some tabs then also enter an account username + password then click some more tabs and exit the software. Is this possible for a noob like me or do I need to reach out to Freelancer or something in that direction?

[abdurkhan]

i have installed a program with admin rights now when i login as normal user its asking for password every time i restart the system i dont want to give admin rights to my user please how to resolve