Guide to *Minimizing to tray*(WindowsXP - Win7)

Hey guys, welcome to my first guide.

I know P_anic had a thread that was similar to this recently, but I found his too lengthy for everyday use. (He's awesome)

Here's my guide.

Minimizing to tray
By wolfdog54
Difficulty: 2/5

Why do you want to do this?
-Clears up space
-Hides items quickly (Parents, bosses, etc)
-Allows you to utilize more space on your normal Windows Start bar.
-Minimize stuff before you sleep to protect from nosy intruders.

Step One:
Have Windows operating system (WindowsXP - Win7) It works for all of these.




Step two:
Download MiniXP here (It's a cnet download, feel free to google it) And save to wherever you would like to be able to run it from.
( http://download.cnet.com/Minimizer-XP/3000-2086_4-10401385.html )





Step Three:
Double click the MiniXP.exe that you downloaded.




Step Four:
Now, open any browser or most other windowed applications
There should be a button (Like the one in the picture) next to your normal minimize. Click it to minimize whatever window you want to the system
tray.





Step Five:
To get the window back, go to your system tray (Bottom right of your windows bar) and Click (or double click) the mini-Icon of the program you want to restore.









Note - You can change Mini-xp's settings from it's mini-Icon in the tray.


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Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy.
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Fairly basic guide though this could be useful for those who want less clutter on their task bar. Good use of pictures and neat layout Maybe a little detail on how this could be useful for us?

7.5/10

 

Thanks

I will detail this.

 

I hope to see the finished product

 

This is one sided though, does it apply for others versions of windows? As I personally don't see a windows XP theme?

 

I said in the thread, works for all versions of windows, XP - Win7
Step one

 

The guide is good, useful for some people. Really good for XP and Vista users who have the long program name in each program "tab".

I find it a little difficult with the images width differences and being centered.

7.8/10

 

Thanks for the feedback