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Auto Hide
(45 customer ratings)
4707
Steve
Free
Auto-hide the Vista Sidebar smoothly and with customizable settings

v1.1:
- Now responds to win-space shortcut key
- Fixed so it hides sidebar even when in "always on top" mode (maximized windows will take over the rest of the screen)

Thanks for the feedback! Let me know of any other issues/suggestions. (Sorry, I haven't had access to a dual monitor or Windows 7 set up so haven't been able to test on that...I'll work on it)
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Operating system:Windows Vista
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-Disk4mat-
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
Love it
Sweet! (7/16/2009)
Works as described and adds great functionality to the sidebar. You can easily toggle on/off by clicking the gadget. 5 stars!
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Andrey-T
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Don't like it
Good idea, half-assed implementation (8/28/2009)
One important bit of functionality is destroyed by this gadget. In Windows pressing Win+Space displays the sidebar. If this gadget is activated, this keyboard shortcut is lost, which basically kills its usefulness. Make Sidebar unhide itself by Win+Space and this gadget will indeed become very nice.
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Rhino_DNA
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Like it
AHHHH!! Almost Perfect (8/19/2009)
I love it - I need it - I want it - But it doesn't seem to work with multiple monitors. It always restores to the main monitor no matter what monitor the toolbar is assigned to. I will keep watching for an update.
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Scottbee22
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Love it
OMG! (7/26/2009)
You NEED this gadget! Its great, it does exactly what is says, with a smooth transition to it. And its so easy!
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SGT-USMC
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Love it
Great Just what i need (7/18/2009)
Super Great ideal work well thanks!!!!
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druryfamily2
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
Love it
auto hide windows 7 (7/17/2009)
great job love it but does not work on windows 7
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stonypot
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Don't like it
HiderHelper.exe causes trouble (11/25/2009)
It is listening to ports (for example 49187, but also others) and tries to connect to the internet. When I ban it from connecting, it causes bug errors. So finally I uninstalled it. The gadget itself is useful and nicely made, however I will wait until a better version comes out.
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Harvey-Darte
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Love it
100 (10/30/2009)
I have been looking 4 a gadget will try and get back
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Gena_Tashimov
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Don't like it
:(((( (10/17/2009)
It`s not work on windows 7
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joomlafactory
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
Like it
very nice (9/26/2009)
only one issue: when sliding back the taskabar, it's not so smooth as the hiding.
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