Winamp Taskbar Question

Mattwolf7 · 11th October 2002, 00:09

Hey I was wondering If there is a way to disable the songs name from being displayed in the taskbar.

I was wondering this because I was writing a program that could control several Windows fuctions and was wanting to include winamp. But in order for me to be able to do it from Visual Basic I need the title in the taskbar to stay constant in order to use Winamp. I tried both versions of Winamp (Winamp 2 & 3) finding that both versions did not have a setting to disable it.

If your not sure what I am talking about I have attached a gif image (in low quality for slower connections) showing the taskbar and displaying the name of the current song playing. (In version 2 & 3)

Thank you for your time and effort fixing my dilemma.

-Matt Wolfzorn

lemon_chicken · 11th October 2002, 08:00

*cough* [bump] *cough*

hmmm, i dont see how you can change it bro, it might be something to put in the 'Winamp Wishlist' forum as a suggestion.
still, you could always use something better than visual basic, but if you've already started than would be a pain eh

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InvisableMan · 11th October 2002, 08:08

or in options, you can just set winamp to show up only in the system tray ad not in the taskbar

*cough*RTFM*cough*

Mattwolf7 · 11th October 2002, 10:29

Yeah I already have all of the code done and I am adding different profiles to the software.

I guess I can try it with the system tray...

Mattwolf7 · 11th October 2002, 19:56

Sweet Figured It out...

http://www.winamp.com/nsdn/winamp2x/dev/sdk/api.jhtml

eleet-2k2 · 11th October 2002, 22:38

Quote:

Originally posted by Mattwolf7
Sweet Figured It out...

http://www.winamp.com/nsdn/winamp2x/dev/sdk/api.jhtml

LOL, I was just gonna suggest that.

I would have though that all you would have needed to control the window is the hWnd.

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11th October 2002, 08:08	#3
InvisableMan Ninja Master! (Forum King) Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Hotel California Posts: 4,333	or in options, you can just set winamp to show up only in the system tray ad not in the taskbar coughRTFMcough

11th October 2002, 10:29	#4
Mattwolf7 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 5	Yeah I already have all of the code done and I am adding different profiles to the software. I guess I can try it with the system tray...

11th October 2002, 19:56	#5
Mattwolf7 Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 5	Sweet Figured It out... http://www.winamp.com/nsdn/winamp2x/dev/sdk/api.jhtml