Embedding another app clarification

For those who misunderstood me, here's my clarification.
A friend of mine would like to chat using the Windows telnet application, but when it's running, it leaves a button in the taskbar section. He doesn't want it to show up, so that's why he's wondering if there was a way to load up the telnet within a vb project where he can control the visibility of the button using a code he found on the internet. And no, it's not about trojans.
Also, will the shell execute command make a new instance of a taskbar button or not?
Thanks.

P.S. Sorry for the misunderstandings and is no way supportive of creating/using trojans and such abusive/intrusive methods.

Iskai.

There is only one practical way to do this with VB - write a telnet
app using winsock (either the control, or api). Telnet is mostly
just a raw TCP protocol, so it is the easiest one to write.

Thanks for your understanding .. will look into finding code that does the telnet ...

Isk