No Taskbar Image

I found a program I found interesting. The problem is I no longer have it and I do not remember how I I found it. The program seems simple enough. It was a mere button that said click me and when you moved the mouse over the button it would randomly move the button somewhere else, thus not allowing you to click it. You could press enter to click it and end the program though. There was no image in the taskbar for it though and there was no listing in the programs/applications listing in the Windows Task Manager either. The program I find simple to emulate, but how can I make the program not appear in the taskbar or task manager?

annoying? no, its actually quite fun in my opinion. its annoying only because you couldn't use your mouse, but its very simple to end, you just press enter.

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Screen capture example attached.
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-Noel

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Hey cor-el,
Wow. That did it. You are a genius! Thank you, thank you. It's very important that I be able to use the folders with saved bookmarks feature for my business which I rely on daily.
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I don't know how to open the troubleshooter "xpi" thing, sorry....
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Sometimes the Firefox window gets "off screen" somehow. You often can force it to appear on the screen by right-clicking the little thumbnail image above the Taskbar and choosing Maximize. Does that work?
One possible cause for this is that the file which stores window sizes and positions has become corrupted.
'''Method #1:''' ''If you can get a maximized window:''
Open your current Firefox settings (AKA Firefox profile) folder using either
* "3-bar" menu button > "?" button > Troubleshooting Information
* (menu bar) Help > Troubleshooting Information
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* "3-bar" menu button > "power" button
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Start Firefox back up again. Do windows display normally again?
'''Method #2:''' ''If you cannot get a Firefox window at all:''
Shut down Firefox by right-clicking the taskbar icon > Close All Windows.
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I see these, too, running Fx12 on Windows 7. They are described in the (extremely voluminous!) about:cache interface as page thumbnails. I've attached some screen shots.
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I'm a little fuzzy on what you're trying to accomplish.
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I have installed windows 10 preview version and try to develop apps on it.
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Hi,
Thank you for your information!
I still have some questions:
1. What does "same functionality" mean? It seems that the notification is a new feature in win 10.
2. I cannot find any update about the taskbar icon from win 8.1 to win 10. But the way to configure the icon is changed. This really bothers me because the blurred icon looks so ugly...
Thank you very much!
1. sorry typo, "some functionality"
2. can't help you there, i'm not encountering blurred icon. might be because of graphics driver compatibility.
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The users perspective:
My outlook program has dissapeared, even though I still have emails open... ARGHHHHHH AHHHHHHHH
Infrastructure Engineer perspective:
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Kind regards
F

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Good luck!

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I don't know what's going on. I've never had this problem before.
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