After starting the program, it appears on the taskbar small window, which indicates that the software is working. If you want the program to work hidden, without showing itself in any way, you can use utilities such as NirCmd or Quiet. However, in the Windows 10 operating system you can perform such a launch regular means. To do this, you can use the following tips.

Method number 1. Run via command line

IN earlier versions operating system, as well as in Windows 10, you can run the program in hidden mode using the command line:

• To do this, press “Win ​​+ R” and enter “powershell”.

• The console will open. Enter the command “Start-Process -WindowStyle hidden “C:/ProgramFiles(x86)/Opera/opera.exe””, where “C:/ProgramFiles(x86)/Opera/opera.exe” is the path to the program file that you want to run in stealth mode.
• The software will start, but there will be no window on the taskbar.

Method number 2. Launch using the VBSscript script

To run the program in hidden mode, just open notepad and write the script:

Dim WShell
Set WShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
WShell.Run "Opera.exe", 0
Set WShell = Nothing

Where "Opera.exe" is a program that needs to be run in stealth mode.

Save the file with the extension .vbs and any name.

Let's run the file. The program will launch in hidden mode. Its operation can only be tracked in the task manager.

Hello! In this article we will look at a small portable utility with which you can easily hide the existence of any programs on your computer. And although, at first glance, questions may arise as to why anyone would hide certain programs, for many PC users this feature will be very relevant.

It's no secret that office workers do not always use the computer for its intended purpose. It’s hard to blame them for this, but their immediate superiors do not approve of such things and can check the computer for the presence of third-party programs/games. It is also possible that several employees use one computer, and not everyone is ready to share their preferences with colleagues.

Particularly relevant this utility may be for home computer which is used by all family members. For example, if someone decides to monitor their household in their absence and uses it for this, it is unlikely that they will want others to know about the presence of this program on their computer. Children can hide games that their parents forbade them to play. In a word, there can be any number of reasons to use utilities to hide programs.

This program is called Hide From Unistall List

How to download and run Hide From Unistall List

You can download this program from my Yandex.Disk:

The archive weighs only 481 kb. The utility is compatible with all operating versions Windows systems, including Xp and Vista.

There is no need to install the program, because... it is portable and can work without installation, either from a computer or from a flash drive. You just need to unpack the archive and drop the shortcut to a convenient place. By clicking on the shortcut, you can use the program.

How to use Hide From Unistall List

We click on the utility shortcut, and a list of all programs that are installed on our computer appears in front of us:

Now you can hide all programs that you don't want to appear on your computer. To do this, select the corresponding programs and click on the button with the image of a cast. If you want to make the software visible, on the contrary, click on the icon with an eye.

If you find in the list of all programs those that you would like to remove, you can go to the list of installed programs by simply clicking on the trash can icon.

More experienced PC users can hide the program without using Hide From Unistall List. To do this, you need to go to the registry path: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

After that, in the DisplayName section, delete the entry about the selected program.

Now you can install any software and games on your computer without worrying that anyone will find out about their existence.

Free program for hiding programs and active windows called, first of all, it will be very useful for office workers who do not like to work at work, as well as simply secretive people.

The thing is that HiddeX allows you to instantly, by pressing a button on the keyboard or mouse, hide (namely hide, and not minimize to the taskbar) certain items specified by you running programs or just active windows Windows Explorer, and leave unspecified ones visible on the computer desktop. At the same time, she herself hides perfectly.

How to quickly hide programs and windows from the desktop

Eh, if this program had been installed on my work colleague’s computer, he wouldn’t be flying “on the ground” in any weather now, but would continue to shoot balls on the monitor while sitting in a warm office and his boss wouldn’t catch him doing this.

The official website of HiddeX has very quick guide to the program for hiding programs. I, in turn, will now try to describe it to you in more detail. So…

The program is portable (no need to install). Downloaded unzipped and let's launch...

We immediately click on “RU” and get the Russian program interface...

How to use HiddeX

In the upper section of the program for hiding programs we see all of our active windows. We find those that need to be hidden by pressing the magic hot button and by double-clicking on their lines we send them to the lower section of the HiddeX program...

Now we set the “panic button” on the keyboard for allocated active windows or programs...

...or on the mouse...

Now, when you press a specified button, the specified active windows or programs will instantly disappear. And they will not be minimized to the taskbar, but will be hidden completely.

If in additional settings check the box for “Hide in tray”...

...then the HiddeX program itself will be completely hidden along with the windows.

You can return it from the other world (and send it there again) using a combination of keys on the keyboard (by pressing them in sequence, without the plus signs, without releasing the previous one) Ctrl+Shift+Alt+F12.

By unchecking the checkbox in the list of hidden windows, you can temporarily remove a specific program or active window from participating in this mess...

That's the whole program for hiding programs and active windows HiddeX. I hope that it will be very useful to someone.

To new useful computer programs and.

Computer program, but if you look at it more carefully, it can still be useful to many users, especially inexperienced ones.

The fact is that a small and simple utility called Hide From Uninstall List will help you easily hide any program from the list of installed ones in Windows without physically completely removing it.

Hide any program from system partition You may need “Add/Remove Programs” for three main reasons:

1. You do not want any of the computer users to know about any program installed on the system
2. Are you worried that someone might accidentally or intentionally delete an important program?
3. If, after removing a program, it stubbornly remains in the list of installed ones and does not want to be removed from it

In the first case, for example, it may be anti-democratic and compulsory for people with computer addiction.

In the second, unpredictable children or elderly people living with you can “help” you...

Dad, what is Format C: complete?
-A-A-A!!!

The third scenario also occurs sometimes. And it happens that even Windows itself, offering to get rid of this useless line, cannot defeat it.

Hide From Uninstall List Program

As I wrote above, this program is portable, which means installing it in operating system no need. We just launch it by clicking on the shortcut in the unpacked folder after downloading it from the link at the end of the article...

...and we get full list programs installed on your computer...

...in which I personally, to my surprise, discovered somehow hidden, an advanced file manager called Better Explorer ().

I honestly believed that I deleted it shortly after the review (this program was not displayed in the start menu). Here's another plus for you in favor of Hide From Uninstall List - it brings to light the software that is hiding from you.

If anyone doesn’t understand how I noticed this misunderstanding, the word “Hide” in the “Status” column is translated as “Hidden”.

I just checked the box in the Better Explorer line (you can select the line and click on the eye in the control panel of the Hide From Uninstall List program) and this “invisibility” was displayed in real time in the standard system window “Removing or changing a program”...

As you can see, I no longer have this file manager in this window - I deleted it (immediately after it appeared to me) in the usual way, with the help of a regular .

Somehow I went the wrong way in the description of Hide From Uninstall List, but I think that you already understand the principle of operation of this utility - with the “eye” we turn on the display of programs in the list of installed ones, and with the “ghost” we hide it. The same can be done by simply checking (unchecking) the checkbox in the program line in the Hide From Uninstall List window or through the context menu.

To prevent the standard list of installed programs from being installed for a long time, there is a button in the Hide From Uninstall List in the form of a trash can...

...which instantly teleports you to Programs and Features.

If anyone understands the purpose of this line in the program...

...please explain its function to me and the readers in the comments to the article - my experiments with this checkbox led to absolutely nothing.

By the way, advanced users can hide any program from the list of installed ones without the help of the described software - using system registry. It is enough to walk the path in it...

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

...and in the “DisplayName” section, delete the entry about the offending program.

Download Hide From Uninstall List

The size of the archive with the program is only 481 kb. There are no viruses. The program runs on Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista and even Windows Xp.

There is a verification file 😉 ...

In this post we will show how to hide any program from the list of installed ones in the Control Panel. Instructions apply to everyone Windows versions, starting with Windows XP and ending with the latest builds of Windows 10.

How to hide a specific program from the Programs and Features list in Windows

Let's say our task is to hide a record about installed archiver 7-Zip. Open Control Panel, go to section ProgramsandFeatures(Programs and Features) and make sure that the entry 7-zip 16.04 (x64) is present in the list of installed software.

In order to hide an entry about a program, you will need to make small changes to the registry. To do this:

The application is also hidden from the list of installed programs in the modern panel Windows management 10 (Settings -> Applications).

If you need to hide a program within a certain scenario or script, you can use the following command:

REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\7-zip" /v SystemComponent /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

Advice. There is another alternative way hide the program. To do this, just change the key name in the same branch DisplayName on QuietDisplayName.

To disable the hiding mode for a program, just delete the SystemComponent parameter or rename the DisplayName parameter, removing the word Quiet, changing the value of the SystemComponent key to 0 (command: REG ADD "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\7-zip" / v SystemComponent /t REG_DWORD /d 0 /f), or by deleting it.

Advice. If, in addition to an entry about a program, you need to hide the service corresponding to it, you can use the information from the article.

This method cannot be used to hide system programs, such as a set of C++ libraries or the .NET Framework.

Hiding all installed programs from the user

If you want to completely prevent users from showing the list installed applications in Programs and Features, this can be done using the gpedit.msc policy editor. Launch the policy editor, go to the section User Configuration –> Administrative Templates –> Control Panel –> Programs and enable the policy Hide the Programs and Features page.

Update the policies using the gpupdate /force command and check that the Programs and Features window in Control Panel is not accessible to the user. The control panel will display the entry “ System administrator"Disabled the Programs and Features component."