Further while I was testing it using ArrageByImage I realized ArrageByImage didn’t work in Windows 7 so I took a quick stab at that and now we have a recently updated version of ArrangeByImage all Windows 7 ready.

Enjoy.

So ofcource I went ahead and added a kill switch.  Go to the settings page and configure another key combonation, just like you do for the key combo to hide windows.  Then when that key combo is triggered any hidden windows will be closed and so will window hider itself.   Go ahead and download the newest version at the WindowHider page.

So for you folks out there who asked, you shall received, I just uploaded ArrangeByImage 1.2 (download from ArrageByImage Page above) which satisfies both requests.

Three new switches have been added “-heart”, “-star”, “-smiley” that will arrange the icons based on one of those three images that are saved in the executable so no additional picture is required.

Finally, there is now a check box that switches the program from selecting a file to allowing you to draw in the image area.

        [DllImport("user32.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = false)]
        static extern IntPtr SendMessage(HandleRef hWnd, uint Msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam);

        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        static extern IntPtr FindWindow(string lpszClass, string lpszWindow);

        [DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
        static extern IntPtr FindWindowEx(IntPtr hwndParent, IntPtr hwndChildAfter, string lpszClass, string lpszWindow);

        const uint LVM_SETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE = 4150;
        const uint LVM_GETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE = 4151;
        const uint LVS_EX_SNAPTOGRID = 524288;

        private void turnOffSnapToGrid()
        {
            IntPtr programmanagerWindow = FindWindow(null, "Program Manager");
            IntPtr desktopWindow = FindWindowEx(programmanagerWindow, IntPtr.Zero, "SHELLDLL_DefView", null);
            IntPtr listviewWindow = FindWindowEx(desktopWindow, IntPtr.Zero, "SysListView32", null);
            HandleRef desktopReference = new HandleRef(null, listviewWindow);

            int CurrentSettings = (int) SendMessage(desktopReference, LVM_GETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero);
            IntPtr ptr = new IntPtr(CurrentSettings & ~LVS_EX_SNAPTOGRID);
            SendMessage(desktopReference, LVM_SETEXTENDEDLISTVIEWSTYLE, IntPtr.Zero, ptr);
        }

I expanded the hot corner features a little to allow you to choose if the hot corner will only hide the windows or if it will toggle hide and show.  I added this feature mostly because when you lock your computer it puts the mouse at 0,0 and will unhide your windows without your knowing it.  Also it is a little to easy to hit that corner on accident while your boss is standing there.  Set this feature on the settings page.

Second I added the ability to filter the processes based on their title.  So now you can have two copies of Internet Explorer for example, one with work on it and the other with hulu or some other favorite site.  The filter just looks to see if the title contains the string so partial strings work as well.  Further you can leave the process name field blank to just hide all processes by name.

Third I improved the process adding method.  Now there is a form that pops up and gathers information so you can more easily define what your looking for.  Also I added an icon on the add process dialog that when drug over the top of other windows will fill in the boxes with that windows process and title.

Check it out here