Hiding programs

[Jay_Tech]

Can anyone explain a simple method to load your program at startup, and hide it from being in the taskbar.... I know I should add the program to the AUTOEXE.BAT file in Windows 98, but how do I keep it hiddin, but loaded.
For example, when windows starts, it loads the Security port scanner, and hides in the back ground, scanning the localhost ports to make sure there are none open that arent suppose to be. How would I do this? Any help is appreciated.

[Fordy]

It will only work in the Autoexec if its a dos program....

Why would you want to do this? Is this for a virus or trojan? If so, your question has no place here, and if I see this thread going allong those lines I will close it.

[Jay_Tech]

Heh, if i wanted to write a trojan, I would visit a hacking board, not a C board. LOL. The REASON WHY i want to know this information was cleary posted above. When the user starts his computer, the local port scanner scans HIS computer for open ports, and closes them if they need not be open. But, to keep from cluttering the taskbar, i want it running in the background.

[Stoned_Coder]

go to msdn and look up the information on writing a service. In win95 family its a bit different but info at msdn for that too.

[master5001]

I usually hide programs under my bed. Or when I don't want it on the task bar, I make a dialog instead of a window.