Taskbar Manager is a powerful desktop utility to control windows taskbar related activities. It has features to show/hide application tabs on taskbar, manage execution of startup programs and performing automatic system shutdown at specified times.

Features
Hide and Show applications See Demo
Drag and Drop buttons on taskbar and change their order as you wish
Save and Restore order of taskbar buttons
Disable annoying Startup programs
Schedule automatic computer shutdown/logoff/restart
Quick shortcuts to shutdown, logoff or reboot your machine

Why do you need Taskbar Manager?

Taskbar Manager provides an easy way to arrange the taskbar buttons as you like, regardless of the order in which the applications were started. For instance, you may want Microsoft Outlook icon to be at the leftmost position on the taskbar. Such buttons can be moved to their new positions by dragging and dropping them. Advantage is that you don't have to scan the taskbar to find the application you want to work with.
Another great feature is the ability to hide running applications. This is especially useful when you don't want to show the application but you need to run it in the background. A hidden application can be easily made visible later.
You can use Startup Manager to view the list of programs that run automatically when your system starts. These applications are sometimes very annoying and slow down the startup sequence. Taskbar Manager gives you an option to enable or disable these applications.
If you want to shutdown, logoff or restart the computer after a time interval, you can do it with Taskbar Manager. e.g. this feature is good to use when you fall asleep while watching a movie and would like you computer to automatically shutdown to save power.