[DGD] [Windows] Taking DGD out of taskbar

[Felix A. Croes]

[This is a re-post of a message I sent yesterday.]

John Ruiz (email address swallowed by list archive) wrote:

> Starting up DGD in the background is easy in *nix platforms.  However,
> in Windows I've always got a taskbar entry for DGD when it's running.
> I've made the changes to my registry so that DGD automatically starts
> with my config file on login.
>
> My question is: is it possible to run DGD as an NT Service OR IF NOT, is
> there any way for me to run DGD in Windows so that there is no entry in
> the taskbar when it runs?  I'd like to be able to arbitrarily call up
> the DGD GUI (taskbar entry OK, here) and then send it away when I'm not
> using it.
>
> If none of this functionality currently exists for Windows, does anyone
> have any advice as to how DGD can be extended to include it?

If I recall correctly this issue has come up before.  There exists a
utility that allows you to run an arbitrary program as a service under
Windows.  Perhaps someone else will be able to tell John Ruiz where to
find it.

Regards,
Dworkin
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