Skrytie aplikácii pomocou c++

 // show icon on taskbar
 HICON hIcon = AfxGetApp()->LoadIcon(IDR_MAINFRAME);
 CString str;
 str.LoadString(IDS_ICON_TIP);
 TrayMessage(m_hWnd, NIM_ADD, IDC_NOTIFY, hIcon, str);

 // remove icon from taskbar
 TrayMessage(m_hWnd, NIM_DELETE, IDC_NOTIFY, NULL, NULL);

 
BOOL TrayMessage(HWND hDlg, DWORD dwMessage, UINT uID, HICON hIcon, LPCTSTR pszTip)
{
 BOOL res;
 NOTIFYICONDATA tnd;
 
 tnd.cbSize  = sizeof(NOTIFYICONDATA);
 tnd.hWnd  = hDlg;
 tnd.uID   = uID;
 
 tnd.uFlags  = NIF_MESSAGE|NIF_ICON|NIF_TIP;
 tnd.uCallbackMessage = MYWM_NOTIFYICON;
 tnd.hIcon  = hIcon;
 if (pszTip)
  lstrcpyn(tnd.szTip, pszTip, sizeof(tnd.szTip));
 else
  tnd.szTip[0] = '\0';
 
 res = Shell_NotifyIcon(dwMessage, &tnd);
 
 if (hIcon)
    DestroyIcon(hIcon);
 
 return res;
}
 
// Tray Icon message handling
 //{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CPTrayDlg)
 ON_MESSAGE(MYWM_NOTIFYICON, OnNotifyIcon)
 //}}AFX_MSG_MAP

LONG OnNotifyIcon(UINT wParam, LONG lParam)
{
 switch (lParam) {
 case WM_LBUTTONDOWN:
  switch (wParam) {
  case IDC_NOTIFY:
// your code
  break;
  }
 break;
 case WM_RBUTTONDOWN:
  switch (wParam) {
  case IDC_NOTIFY:
// your code
  break;
  }
 break;
 }
 return 0;
}
 
 
... po zobrazeni ikony na taskbare samozrejme aplikacne okna poskryvat (ShowWindow(SW_HIDE))