MFC: Show or minimize (to hide) window on startup

Question

In CWinApp::InitInstance() I have:

if (!ProcessShellCommand(cmdInfo))
  return FALSE;
m_pMainWnd->ShowWindow(m_MinimizeOnStartup ? SW_SHOWMINIMIZED : SW_SHOWNORMAL);
m_pMainWnd->UpdateWindow();

But my ShowWindow call is not resulting in an OnSize() or OnShowWindow() callback? During the ProcessShellCommand() those are called a few times as the first OnShowWindow() restores the window size when last shutdown via SetWindowPlacement(). That all works good, restoring to last state, but ProcessShellCommand() afterwards calls ShowWindow with SW_SHOW which causes a my hidden when minimized window to show on the taskbar. Where is the proper place to either show the window or minimize it (to hide it). Basically what happens is the minimize comes in (on SetWindowPlacement(), window is hidden, MFC later calls SW_SHOW which makes it minimized on the taskbar instead of hidden, my forced ShowWindow() doesn't do anything.

TIA!!

Answer 1

There is no OnSize() nor OnShowWindow() callback on ShowWindow() when already in those states. Set m_nCmdShow=SW_HIDE in CAppWnd then at the end of the InitInstance() call the SetWindowPlacement()