All right, basically it is the type of project you are making in VC++. If you make a console app, which I am assuming you have been doing in the past, windows automatically creates a viewpoint for your program and that is what shows up in the applications tab.
So, create a new VC++ project and select Win32 App as the type. Ensure that you have selected a Windows program, vice console application and check the check box indicating that you want to create an empty project. Click OK to open your project. Add a cpp file to it and call it whatever you like.
Now to get into the whole windows, vice console thing. Instead of main, you need WinMain. Here is the barebones layout that will do it:
Code:
#include <windows.h>
int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, PSTR szCmdline, int iCmdShow) {
//your program here
}
Thats it, that will create a program that doesn't show up in the application tab.