Hide My Windows Changelog

What's new in Hide My Windows 1.11

Oct 22, 2010
  • Improvements:
  • Hide all windows except active with mouse movement
  • Bugfixes:
  • Access violation during start
  • Filters list will be cleaned after upgrade, don't forget to restore them manually
  • Desktop icons will disappear, along with windows
  • Foreground window looses focus after "Show all"

New in Hide My Windows 1.10 (Oct 6, 2010)

  • Improved feedback via Twitter and Facebook.
  • Hide all windows except active one with keystoke.
  • Error message ""240" is not valid integer value" has been fixed.
  • NB! Portable version will not be supported untill version 2.0 release.

New in Hide My Windows 1.9.9 (Sep 15, 2009)

  • Performance and logic fixes (speed improvements)

New in Hide My Windows 1.9.8 (May 17, 2009)

  • Correct work with "Close Apps" hotkey
  • Extended size for keystroke field (for Germany keyboards)
  • If hotkey is "None" then it replaced with default value
  • Additional timeout for apps termination added
  • Duplicate of autorun records are removed

New in Hide My Windows 1.9.7 (Mar 29, 2009)

  • Hide Active Window after use does not add name of hidden window in filter list.

New in Hide My Windows 1.9.6 (Jan 29, 2009)

  • Bug Fix: Double hotkey to show options kills password protection (press "Show Main Window" hotkey and you will see HMW options even those password protected)

New in Hide My Windows 1.9.4 (Nov 26, 2008)

  • Performance improvements for Flash games.
  • Bug Fix: Mouse operations (hide in area, hide in corners) does not work in trial version
  • Bug Fix: Taskbar (on some Windows versions only tray bar) flashing when mouse stay in corner or hiding area then windows already hides.

New in Hide My Windows 1.9.3 (Sep 9, 2008)

  • Design improvements (based on user stories).
  • Small changes in protection engine (Better support of Vista icons extracted from host applications).
  • Some fixes for compatibility issues with anti-viruses.

New in Hide My Windows 1.9.1 (Jul 19, 2008)

  • Anti Time-Tracking tool added. Now all objectionable captions (e.g. games, fun sites, etc.) can be replaced to legal captions, like "Company Website" name.

New in Hide My Windows 1.8.1 (Jun 18, 2008)

  • Network bug fixes (version gateway, wrong connection errors handling)

New in Hide My Windows 1.6 (Feb 20, 2008)

  • New process management engine decrease memory usage to 1.5 MB in background mode and brings better performance.
  • 2 bugfixes for Vista - "Access denied" problem solved for default filters list, "Black" bars in grids also fixed.

New in Hide My Windows 1.4.1 (Jan 27, 2008)

  • Hide, show and close applications and windows from GUI. Now you can do it without hotkeys too.
  • Cosmetic improvements (by users and customers requests):
  • Warning on "Close" button click.
  • Notification when second instance started.
  • Options divided into group

New in Hide My Windows 1.4 (Jan 22, 2008)

  • Hotkeys deactivation.
  • Close Browsers Hotkey.
  • Manage browsers to close (add specific, delete, activate or deactivate specific
  • New Updater.

New in Hide My Windows 1.3 (Jan 7, 2008)

  • Visible windows list.
  • Create filter from visible windows list.
  • Close owner applications of hidden windows.
  • Unlocking mouse on hide of windowed or fullscreen game (e.g. Counter-Strike, Half-Life). Usually when DirectX or OpenGL game minimized application