HideGUI - Windows 8

[chearns]

Using HideGUI_v1504.zip

I am building a windows 8 image for our catalog stations.

Currently we are running windows 7 with HideGUI and PWB and everything works fine.

With windows 8, we bought START8 to rebuild the start menu back into windows 8.
It allows booting directly to the desktop as well as disabling hot corners, Charm Bar, new windows UI.

Anyway, HideGUI works, however after about 5 minutes the start menu and task bar reappear.
Thinking this may be caused by START8 interacting oddly with HideGUI, I uninstalled Start8.

Without START8, menu and bar still reappeared after 5 minutes.
This is telling me that something within windows 8 is refreshing and bringing the menu and task bar back after HideGUI takes it away.
Shortcuts like the windows key remain disabled after the task bar returns.

Wondering if your able to reproduce and if you think HideGUI could be tweaked to better hide the taskbar and startmenu on windows 8.

Chris,


HideGUI Config Below

[General]
ExitPassword=******
IconTooltip=Hiding Windows GUI
EnableOverrides=True
EnableCommandLine=False
ExitScript=

[GUI]
HideDesktop=True
HideTaskbar=True
HideStartButton=True
HideTaskTray=True
HideTaskbarButtons=True
CloseTaskTray=False
CloseStartButton=True
DisableWin9xTasks=False

[Keys]
EnableKeyboardHook=True
DisableWindowsKey=True
DisableApplicationsKey=True
DisableCtrlEsc=True
DisableShiftEnter=True
DisableTaskSwitching=True
DisableAltSpace=True
DisableCtrlKey=True
DisableAltKey=True
DisableBrowserBackKey=False
DisableBrowserForwardKey=False
DisableBrowserRefreshKey=False
DisableBrowserStopKey=False
DisableBrowserSearchKey=False
DisableBrowserFavoritesKey=False
DisableBrowserHomeKey=False
DisableVolumeMuteKey=False
DisableVolumeDownKey=False
DisableVolumeUpKey=False
DisableMediaNextKey=False
DisableMediaPreviousKey=False
DisableMediaStopKey=False
DisableMediaPlayPauseKey=False
DisableLaunchMailKey=False
DisableLaunchMediaKey=False
DisableLaunchApp1Key=False
DisableLaunchApp2Key=False
DisableHelpKey=True

[Mouse]
EnableMouseHook=False
DisableRightClick=False
DisableShiftLeftClick=False

[Splash]
ShowSplash=False
SplashPage=
SplashTitle=
SplashTime=500
SplashHeight=200
SplashWidth=300
ShowScrollbars=False

[Agree]
ShowAgree=False
AgreePage=AgreeDlg.htm
AgreeHeight=
AgreeWidth=
AgreeAction=exit
ShowFullScreen=False
DeclineScript=
DeclineAction=exit

[Password]
PasswordPage=PasswordDlg.htm
PasswordTitle=Password Required
PasswordHeight=200
PasswordWidth=350
ShowScrollbars=False

[ContextMenu]
EnableCustom=False
Cut=True
Copy=True
Paste=True

[Scott]

We are checking into it.

--Scott

[chearns]

I figured out the cause.

I had the taskbar setting of auto-hide enabled.

This was to hide the taskbar right away while HideGUI started up after reaching the desktop.

I guess that setting being enabled within windows confused it a bit after the bar was hidden.

Chris,

[Scott]

Thank you for the update.

That would do it. HideGUI simply hides the Taskbar, Windows is free to un-hide it. If you do not tell Windows to hide it then Windows will not un-hide it.

--Scott