Modifying an exe with ollydbg

[General]

over a hundred people already downloaded my Obj2Blb executable. u know they ded

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[Ipquarx]

1. It's impossible to make it not show up in the taskbar
2. It's impossible to make the process not show up in the process list (Why would you even want to do this?)
3. You can't modify an exe with OllyDBG, only modify the machine code that's currently running. If you want to modify the exe itself you'll have to look elsewhere.

[General]

1. It's impossible to make it not show up in the taskbar
2. It's impossible to make the process not show up in the process list (Why would you even want to do this?)
3. You can't modify an exe with OllyDBG, only modify the machine code that's currently running. If you want to modify the exe itself you'll have to look elsewhere.

Could you direct me where to look to achieve what I want then instead of telling me what I can't do and leaving?

Also I have modified executables before using OllyDbg? I've already made it possible for the program to open unselected.

[General]

(Why would you even want to do this?)

I know it's possible to hide the program from the task bar and task manager while maintaining an open window as I've seen it done before. While the program is performing background tasks it would be ideal to hide it from the task manager (at least from the applications list on the task manager, not the process list)

[Ipquarx]

Oh, you meant to hide it from the applications list. Well then I'm not sure. Try googling it or something lol

[Headcrab Zombie]

I want to create a program that runs in the background and only does things at certain times of day - like change my desktop picture, theme or notify me of events.

>Using Game Maker for this

Your best solution would be either learn real programming, or find existing software that already does this. Windows has some basic functionality for this by default

[General]

>Using Game Maker for this

Your best solution would be either learn real programming, or find existing software that already does this. Windows has some basic functionality for this by default

Yeah I know there are other, more feasible ways of doing this, but I've already produced it with Game Maker and I really am not bothered to produce it in another way. If it is possible to cut edges in its current state, then I would.

[Rainzx¹]

There is no reason to hide the applications presence from the task manager unless your creating a virus.

Yeah I know there are other, more feasible ways of doing this, but I've already produced it with Game Maker and I really am not bothered to produce it in another way. If it is possible to cut edges in its current state, then I would.

You can't get what you want though Game Maker.
Try Visual Studios, they have a free version you could use.

[Ipquarx]

There is no reason to hide the applications presence from the task manager unless your creating a virus.

There are 2 lists in the task manager.



One shows the active applications that have windows, and the other shows all exes running, including the ones in the background.
He doesn't want to hide it from the processes tab, just the applications tab.

[Clone v.117]

Even still, confining an application to only the processes tab is pretty much the same as hiding it completely from the task manager to a lot of users eyes, and even then what is the reason for it?
Why go out of your way just so that you don't see your program running when you open the task manager?
Mcgruff smells crime.

[General]

Jesus christ guys, I can do worse things using Visaul Basic. Plus many other engines support hidden applications so why is trying to do the same with Game Maker a bad thing? get over it.

Also I'm pretty sure there are ways to hide the game using wscript Run parameters, but if it can be done by directly modifying the exe i'll be happier.

[Ipquarx]

Even still, confining an application to only the processes tab is pretty much the same as hiding it completely from the task manager to a lot of users eyes, and even then what is the reason for it?
Why go out of your way just so that you don't see your program running when you open the task manager?
Mcgruff smells crime.

Alrighty here... Let's take a look at my applications list.



pretty small right? Now the processes list...



wooooahhh! i have like 50 viruses!! No. Let's take chrome for example. It only has 1 window open yet it has 8 processes open. Why? Because it doesn't need to have 8 open entries in the applications tab. That just clutters things up and makes things difficult for the user.

[Clone v.117]

Alrighty here... Let's take a look at my applications list.



pretty small right? Now the processes list...

wooooahhh! i have like 50 viruses!! No. Let's take chrome for example. It only has 1 window open yet it has 8 processes open. Why? Because it doesn't need to have 8 open entries in the applications tab. That just clutters things up and makes things difficult for the user.

I don't quite get what you're trying to say, no one ever said anything about the items listed in the processes tab being viruses or having to have multiple processes listed in the applications tab unnecessarily.
I was saying that there is no need to hide a program from your applications list, which there isn't, and that even if it is still visible in the processes tab it is as good as invisible for most people. Meaning that if it was in any way malicious then it would be quite troublesome, and why work so much to hide something that doesn't need to be hidden, huh?
crime!

[Ipquarx]

I don't quite get what you're trying to say, no one ever said anything about the items listed in the processes tab being viruses or having to have multiple processes listed in the applications tab unnecessarily.
I was saying that there is no need to hide a program from your applications list, which there isn't, and that even if it is still visible in the processes tab it is as good as invisible for most people. Meaning that if it was in any way malicious then it would be quite troublesome, and why work so much to hide something that doesn't need to be hidden, huh?
crime!

Dropbox, teamviewer, and utorrent are open in the processes list and not the applications list.
crime!

After all it's not like it's widely used practice that if you have things running in the background to hide it from the applications list.

[General]

which there isn't

There is a loving reason because otherwise this thread would not exist, also there are reasons other than to commit crimes in which which hiding a background program from the user is useful.

Like I said, many other engines support a feature like this so why is doing it with game maker a big deal? Get over it.

It would be appreciated if you stop commenting if you are not gonna provide help.