您可能在家里或办公室遇到过这样的情况，您在电脑上做(computer and someone)一些机密(something confidential)的事情，而当时其他人正好过来。如果你没有提前计划，你唯一能做的就是尽量减少应用程序，这相当慢，并且会给其他人足够的时间来看看你在做什么。
在本文中，我将向您展示几种快速隐藏应用程序和窗口的方法，其中一些会比其他的更明显。根据您试图向谁隐藏窗户（老板、孩子、妻子等），您的最佳方法可能会有所不同。
CTRL + ALT + DEL
到目前为止，我最喜欢的方法是简单地按CTRL + ALT + DEL，然后按Enter。默认情况下，锁定计算机(Lock Computer)按钮被突出显示。按这三个键将弹出一个对话框，其中包含一些选项，例如Lock this computer、Switch user、Log off等。按Enter将自动选择Lock this computer。
这是隐藏桌面上所有内容的最佳方法。唯一的缺点是它不是很微妙，您必须按相同的组合键加上您的密码才能解锁计算机。
如果您的键盘上有Windows 键(Windows key)，您也可以按Windows Key + L。这是锁定 PC 的一种比按CTRL + ALT + DEL然后按Enter更快的方法。
Windows Key + D
如果您不想再次输入密码，可以尝试不同的键盘快捷键(keyboard shortcut)。无论您在桌面上打开了多少程序或窗口，都可以通过按Windows Key + D将它们全部最小化。
这将最小化桌面上打开的所有内容。当然，您必须有一个带有实际Windows 键的(Windows key)Microsoft 键盘(Microsoft keyboard)。
这个组合键与Windows XP(Windows XP)任务栏上的显示桌面按钮(Show Desktop button)非常相似。如果您真的喜欢该功能，您也可以在Windows 7中启用“(Windows 7)显示桌面”图标(Show Desktop icon)。我还测试了将快速启动工具栏(launch toolbar)添加到Windows 8并在那里启用“显示桌面”图标(Show Desktop icon)。Windows Key + D也可以在Windows 7和Windows 8上正常工作，而无需启用“ 显示桌面”图标(Show Desktop icon)。
屏幕保护程序快捷方式(Screensaver Shortcut)
另一种隐藏桌面的好方法是启动屏幕保护程序(screen saver)。所有屏幕保护程序都使用.SCR 文件(.SCR file)扩展名存储在Windows中。(Windows)继续执行Windows 搜索(Windows search)* *.scr，您应该会获得计算机上所有屏幕保护程序的列表。
现在您所要做的就是在您的桌面或快速启动栏(launch bar)上为这些文件中的任何一个创建一个快捷方式。只需双击快捷方式，您的屏幕保护程序就会自动启动，无需等待空闲时间启动！
您可以通过右键单击.SCR 文件(.SCR file)创建快捷方式，转到发送到(Send To)并选择桌面（创建快捷方式）(Desktop (create shortcut))。
如果这对您来说还不够快，或者您的手往往比鼠标更多地放在键盘上，那么您还可以使用一个名为AutoHotKey的程序来分配一个热键，以便随时运行.SCR 文件(.SCR file)。使用AutoHotKey(AutoHotKey)有一点学习曲线，但即使您只使用它的一小部分功能，它也非常强大。
第三方实用程序
上述所有方法都需要键盘交互(require keyboard interaction)，这对于笔记本电脑用户来说是可以的，但对于大部分时间手在鼠标上的桌面用户来说可能会慢一些。有一些非常好的免费软件实用程序可以让您使用热键或鼠标点击隐藏单个应用程序或所有应用程序。
Windows 隐藏工具
Windows Hide Tool可能是我最喜欢的用于隐藏Windows程序的小程序，因为它易于使用且运行非常有效。最好的部分是它从Windows 任务栏中删除了(Windows taskbar)程序图标(program icon)，并将其隐藏在桌面上。这会使程序(program wasn)看起来好像没有在您的系统上运行。
将其安装到系统上后，通知区域(notification area)中将出现一个蓝色小图标。默认情况下，单击该图标将隐藏桌面上的活动窗口。再次单击该图标将返回该应用程序。
如果您右键单击该图标，您会看到一堆选项，例如Hide All Windows、Show All Windows、Hidden Windows等。这些对于它们将执行的操作都非常明显。
如果单击首选项，您将能够设置热键并更改单击或双击通知区域(notification area)中的图标时发生的情况。
默认情况下，单击将隐藏/显示当前活动的窗口。您可以将其更改为多个组合或隐藏/显示所有窗口。该程序的另一个优点是您可以在显示窗口、关闭应用程序或打开程序的首选项对话框时设置密码。
因此，即使您离开计算机并且有人试图(computer and someone tries)调出隐藏的程序，他们也必须输入密码才能看到它。最初没有设置热键，但您可以通过单击框然后按所需的组合键来快速设置它们。
ClickyGone
ClickyGone是另一个几乎做同样事情的程序，但有不同的选项。安装后，通知区域(notification area)会出现一个图标。右键单击它并选择Config。
“开始”屏幕(Start screen)以各种方式告诉您隐藏窗口的当前快捷方式。例如，要单击和隐藏，您需要按住CTRL + ALT，然后单击窗口上的任意位置。该程序将消失，并且可以通过使用Toggle All Windows 键盘快捷键(Toggle All Windows keyboard shortcut)、右键单击系统托盘(system tray)中的图标或按Clicky Gone Menu 键盘(Clicky Gone Menu keyboard)快捷键来购买。
值得注意的是，该程序在末尾而不是开头列出了带有修饰符的快捷方式。例如，要隐藏活动窗口，请按 SHIFT + CTRL，然后按\. 它在程序中显示的方式，你会认为你需要按\然后 SHIFT + CTRL，但这不起作用。
在常规(General)选项卡上，您可以选择是否在系统托盘中显示图标，是否在系统托盘(system tray)中(system tray)显示隐藏的程序以及是否防止误点击全屏应用程序(screen apps)。
Advanced之后的所有屏幕基本上都允许您调整热键以执行各种任务，例如隐藏活动窗口、单击以隐藏、显示ClickyGone 菜单(ClickyGone menu)等。该程序(program doesn)唯一没有我喜欢的Windows Hide Tool功能是在带回隐藏窗口之前设置密码的能力。
希望这些工具和选项足以让您正确地隐藏数据和应用程序以防窥探。如果您有任何问题，请随时发表评论。享受！
Best Ways to Quickly Hide Windows Applications
You’ve probably run intо the situation at home or at the office whеre you were doing something confidential on the computer and someone else came bу right at that time. If you haven’t planned ahead of time, the only thing you could do is try to minimize the application, which is fairly slow and wіll give the other person enough time to see what you were doing.
In this article, I’m going to show you a couple of methods for quickly hiding your applications and windows, some of which will be more obvious than others. Depending on who you are trying to hide the windows from (boss, kids, wife, etc), your optimal method may be different.
CTRL + ALT + DEL
My favorite method by far is to simply press CTRL + ALT + DEL and then press Enter. By default the Lock Computer button is highlighted. Pressing the three keys will bring up a dialog with a few options like Lock this computer, Switch user, Log off etc. Pressing Enter will automatically select Lock this computer.
This is the best method to hide everything on your desktop. The only downsides are it’s not very subtle and you have to press the same key combo plus your password to unlock the computer.
If you have a keyboard that has the Windows key on it, you can also press Windows Key + L. This is a much faster method to lock your PC than pressing CTRL + ALT + DEL and then pressing Enter.
Windows Key + D
If you don’t want to have to enter your password again, you can try a different keyboard shortcut. No matter how many programs or windows you have open on your desktop, you can minimize all of them by pressing Windows Key + D.
This will minimize everything that is open on the desktop. Of course, you have to have a Microsoft keyboard that has the actual Windows key on it.
This key combo is very similar to the Show Desktop button that used to be on the taskbar in Windows XP. If you really liked that feature, you can enable the Show Desktop icon in Windows 7 too. I also tested adding the quick launch toolbar to Windows 8 and enabling the Show Desktop icon there too. Windows Key + D also works just fine on Windows 7 and Windows 8 without having to enable the Show Desktop icon.
Screensaver Shortcut
Another nifty way to hide your desktop is to start up the screen saver. All screensavers are stored in Windows using the .SCR file extension. Go ahead and perform a Windows search for *.scr and you should get a list of all the screensavers on your computer.
Now all you have to do is create a shortcut to any of these files on your desktop or quick launch bar. Just double-click on the shortcut and your screensaver starts up automatically, no need to wait for the idle time to kick in!
You can create a shortcut to the .SCR file by right clicking on it, going to Send To and choosing Desktop (create shortcut).
If that’s not fast enough for you or your hands tend to be on the keyboard more than the mouse, then you can also use a program called AutoHotKey to assign a hotkey to run the .SCR file whenever you want. There is a bit of a learning curve to using AutoHotKey, but it is quite powerful even if you use only a small fraction of its features.
Third Party Utilities
All of the methods above require keyboard interaction, which is ok for laptop users, but may be slower for desktop users who have their hands on a mouse most of the time. There are some really good freeware utilities that will let you hide individual applications or all applications using hotkeys or mouse clicks.
Windows Hide Tool
Windows Hide Tool is probably my favorite little program for hiding Windows programs because it’s easy to use and works very effectively. The best part is that it removes the program icon from the Windows taskbar in addition to hiding it from your desktop. This will make it seem like the program wasn’t even running on your system.
Once you install it on your system, a small blue icon will appear in your notification area. By default, clicking on the icon will hide the active window on your desktop. Clicking on the icon again will bring that application back.
If you right-click on the icon, you’ll see a bunch of options like Hide All Windows, Show All Windows, Hidden Windows, etc. Those are all pretty obvious as to what action they will perform.
If you click on Preferences, you’ll be able to set up the hotkeys and change what happens when you either single-click or double-click on the icon in the notification area.
By default, single clicks will hide/show the currently active window. You can change this to multiple combinations or hiding/showing all windows. What’s also cool about the program is that you can set a password when showing a window, closing an application or when opening the preferences dialog for the program.
So even if you leave your computer and someone tries to bring up the hidden program, they will have to type in a password in order to see it. There are no hotkeys set up initially, but you can quickly set them here by clicking in the box and then pressing the key combo you want.
ClickyGone
ClickyGone is another program that pretty much does the same thing, but with different options. Once you install it, an icon will appear in the notification area. Right-click on it and choose Config.
The Start screen tells you the current shortcuts for hiding windows in various ways. To click and hide, for example, you need to press and hold down CTRL + ALT and then click anywhere on a window. That program will disappear and can be bought back by using the Toggle All Windows keyboard shortcut, by right clicking on the icon in the system tray or by pressing the Clicky Gone Menu keyboard shortcut.
It’s worth noting that the program lists out the shortcuts with the modifiers at the end rather than the beginning. For example, to hide the active window, press SHIFT + CTRL and then press \. The way it shows it in the program, you would think you need to press \ and then SHIFT + CTRL, but that won’t work.
On the General tab, you can choose whether to show the icon in the system tray or not, whether to show hidden programs in the system tray and whether to prevent accidental clicks on full screen apps.
All of the screens after Advanced basically let you adjust the hotkeys for performing various tasks like hiding the active window, clicking to hide, showing the ClickyGone menu, etc. The only feature this program doesn’t have that I liked in Windows Hide Tool was the ability to set a password before bringing back hidden windows.
Hopefully, these are enough tools and options for you to properly hide your data and applications from prying eyes. If you have any questions, feel free to comment. Enjoy!
