SilentRun

Working with multiple programs at once can get confusing every now and then, no matter how familiar you may be with the respective workflow. Having a way to hide them somehow, both from view and your taskbar, while not fully closing them, sounds like a good way to help you focus.

As you may expect, SilentRun makes this possible in a manner that is both accessible and functional. This is a practical piece of software that can be used to "silence" certain processes you may not have a use for right now, but may need later.

The program can bring a much-needed sense of order to your desktop when you're working with lots of programs at once. To put it simply, the software can hide other programs' windows and interfaces from view, so that you can focus on what's most important at the moment.

The way everything works is quite intuitive, too. You simply drag the yellow cursor over a program you wish to hide, and the program will automatically recognize the relevant process, giving you the option to hide it, as well as modify its priority.

Given how the interface works, those hidden programs are not completely closed, so you do not run the risk of losing any progress. When you're ready to use them again, they can be un-hidden without delay from the app's main interface.

Most programs shouldn't protest to being hidden, but every now and then, you may come across some rather stubborn processes. For instance, trying to hide the Microsoft Store app would show a big, blue rectangle instead, but this issue seemingly occurred at random, as we were able to hide the relevant process eventually.

The tool also features a preview of the selected process' window, but this was rather unreliable, as it would show nothing at all for some programs.

Nevertheless, SilentRun can prove to be useful in some scenarios. If you often find yourself working with lots of programs at a time, being able to hide some of them from view might help with productivity.