Minimize to Tray

is an application to control how windows are minimized. A window is hidden from the taskbar and a small notification icon appers in the notification area when a "Minimize to Tray" enabled window is minimized. A click on the notification icon restores the window.

There are two modes of operation:

• Manual
  Enable or disable minimize to tray for some windows using the "Windows" page.

• Automated
  A window which matches one of the rules shown in "Minimize to Tray" (title, class, executable) is enabled for minimize to tray.

A window which is enabled for minimize to tray is hidden from the taskbar and shown in the notification area whenever it is minimized or found minimized at application start.

Workflow

1. Find the window of interest on page "Windows" and check it.
   A rule for automated enabling will be created and the page "Minimize to Tray" will be shown. The rule is disabled by default.
2. Minimize the window to check if it works.
3. Edit the rule on page "Minimize to Tray" as you need and enable it.

Start with windows

Minimize2Tray checks all minimized windows at application start and sends them to the notification area if there's a matching rule.

As long as Minimize2Tray is active it will detect if a client application starts minimized and will do the same. The client window may not have the title as shown later in this case. Enable "Log Events for these Applications" to check this. The screenshot shows my configuration for Mozilla Thunderbird.

There's no need to to anything if Minimize2Tray starts with windows.

Portable

Minimize2Tray is portable. The configuration file Minimize2Tray.ini is stored in its application folder if possible or in %APPDATA%\Minimize2Tray.