Showwindow window API is not hiding the UWP application

Question

Passing hide paramater in Showwindow API to hide UWP application is hiding only the controls inside the UWP and UWP app still remains in the open state . Need help to hide the UWP application completely .

Answer 1

Hello,

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There is no way to hide the UWP app like a desktop app.

We wanted to retain previous UWP process which was active while closing the app rather than getting it restarted , so is there a way to retain previous UWP process ?

I have to say that there is no way to do that. When you close the UWP app, the process is closed.

otherwise is there a way to hide a UWP application from taskbar when closed ?

The UWP app icon will disappear from the taskbar when the app is closed. If I understand you correctly, what you want to get is to hide the UWP app icon in from the task and keep the UWP process live when user click the X button. This is not possible to do it.

Thank you.

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