Hiding forms on startup: why doesn't this.Hide() hide my form?

Question

I wanted to hide the main window of my app on startup, so I put this in the constructor:

this.Hide();

This doesn\'t hide my form though. It

Answer 1

If you would rather use this.Hide or this.Show you can do this

protected override void OnShown(EventArgs e)
{
    base.OnShown(e);
    this.Hide();
}