WinBoss

[usdcs]

Application: WinBoss

URL: http://www.bobyte.com/

Synopsis:

WinBoss let you hide running applications quickly so that other people will not notice of what you are doing recently. With a simple keyboard combination that you can set (by default it would be ctrl-x) the selected application will dissapear, including from the taskbar, Alt-Tab and the running application list in the Windows Task manager.

Writes settings to: Registry

Code: Select all

Keys added:4
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1757981266-706699826-854245398-1012\Software\Bobyte
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1757981266-706699826-854245398-1012\Software\Bobyte\WinBoss
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1757981266-706699826-854245398-1012\Software\Bobyte\WinBoss\Main
HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1757981266-706699826-854245398-1012\Software\Bobyte\WinBoss\Short key

How to extract: Extract using UniExtract. The single executable is in the {app} folder, along with the license.txt file and the help folder. Copy the contents of the {app} folder to your portable device.

Stealth: No

Path portability: Yes

Unicode support: Unknown

License: Freeware for non-commercial use.

Notes:
1. Upon the first run, the application asks

Automatic update check will be activated.
Uncheck menu Help\Automatic update check to disable.
This feature needs internet connection where
no personal information will be sent out.
Continue the automatic update check?

If you choose Cancel, the check will not be performed.

2. WinBoss automatically adds an entry in your System StartUp. You can remove this entry by unchecking the "Run at startup" box in Settings.

3. The Keys that are added to the Registry contain the Hotkey settings. As long as you do not change them from the defaults, the application could be considered portable. Naturally, if you deviate from that, your Hotkeys will not "follow" along.

Regards,
Dan

[Andrew Lee]

The Keys that are added to the Registry contain the Hotkey settings. As long as you do not change them from the defaults, the application could be considered portable. Naturally, if you deviate from that, your Hotkeys will not "follow" along.

I won't be adding it to the database. Not being able to personalize the hotkey of a boss-key app without impacting portability is quite a severe limitation. After all, the hotkey is quite central to the core functionality of a boss-key app.

[usdcs]

Not being able to personalize the hotkey of a boss-key app without impacting portability is quite a severe limitation.

Well, that certainly makes sense, since you put it that way!