removing task bar entries for Perl applications

merrymonk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

When I start a Perl application I usually do this by typing in the name of the application from an MS-DOS window. This means there are two ‘entries’ on the task bar for this application (one for the MS-DOS window and one for the Perl application). Is there any way that either or both of these task bar entries can be removed. With a number of Perl applications you get a very cluttered task bar that is not helpful and causing problems for users of my applications

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Re: removing task bar entries for Perl applications by bbfu (Curate) on Jan 13, 2005 at 18:51 UTC
Using wperl.exe will allow you to run a perl program without a DOS box appearing, but if you want a windowed application to not show up in the taskbar at all it may not be enough. Here's a program I wrote to take my Gaim buddy list out of the task bar (and Alt-Tab list): Read more... (5 kB) bbfu Black flowers blossom Fearless on my breath	[reply] [d/l]
Re: removing task bar entries for Perl applications by gaal (Parson) on Jan 13, 2005 at 18:21 UTC
See if you have a wperl.exe; use that instead of the regular perl executable.	[reply]
Re: removing task bar entries for Perl applications by elwarren (Priest) on Jan 13, 2005 at 22:37 UTC
I wrote this to spawn perl code on windows. Win32::Process allows you to control how you launch your executables the same way using wperl.exe does. HTH	[reply]