Completely hide WPF window on startup?

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rakete picture rakete · Jul 14, 2011 · Viewed 33.8k times · Source

I want that my window is completely hidden on the startup. No window, no entry in the taskbar. The user doesn't see, the application is started.

How can I realize that?

Thank you!

Answer

LukeN picture LukeN · Jul 14, 2011

An alternative to H.B.'s method is just to set the Visibility to hidden and set ShowInTaskbar to false. This still creates the window and lets it do its thing.

<Window x:Class="WpfApplication2.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525" ShowInTaskbar="False" Visibility="Hidden">
    <Grid>

    </Grid>
</Window>

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