When the Internet window, the window of a folder or a program, is minimized on Windows, it hides from the screen and remains visible at the bottom, on the taskbar. As seen, the taskbar, in Windows 7 is much more powerful than the same bar of Zp and Vista because in WIndows 7 there are the Jumplist for the quick start of the programs.
Each minimized window, if the program that keeps it standing has been added to the bottom jumplisst, hides behind its icon, without clogging the horizontal space.
Whether you want to change this behavior in Windows 7 or if you want a better way to minimize the windows of programs or folders on Windows XP and Vista, a simple tool that allows you to minimize the windows on the notification area can be useful ( the system tray ) of the taskbar, that is, in the area of system icons that are near the clock on the right side of the screen.
There are several free and simple Windows tools that allow you to enable the iconization of windows on the notification area.
Might as well start immediately from the smallest, the easiest and most immediate that allows you to add the option to minimize windows in the system tray or Windows notification area.
It's called RBTray and it's a tool that you download as a zip file to unzip to a folder.
Starting the rbtray.exe file nothing happens but if you then press the right mouse button on the button to iconize the windows (on the top right corner), you will see that the window disappears from the screen and hides in a small icon next to it watch.
Pressing this icon restores the window that returns as large as it was before.
If you like this behavior which does not create any side effects and simply adds a function without changing anything else, you can copy the rbtray.exe file in automatic execution on the start menu of Windows XP, Vista or Windows 7.
RBTray works with any application and all windows, even those of Office programs and those of the system such as the task manager.
BTTray occupies less than one MB in ram memory making it practically invisible.
Another tiny tool that allows you to minimize the windows on the notification area is MoveToTray .
After starting the program, just use the keyboard combination Cltr + Alt + M to minimize any open window.
You can reopen the application by double clicking on the system tray icon near the clock.
The third and latest program is the 4T Tray Minimizer which allows you to minimize any application in the system tray, that is, in the notification area next to the clock.
During the installation of the program you must configure the key combination to prune the windows of a program as hidden and minimized in the notification area at the bottom right.
This tool also adds the button to minimize any window in the upper right corner.
Tools like MoveToTray and RBTray are useful when working with many open windows and many programs, so as not to overcrowd the taskbar.
If you want more, you can install the Windows application to add extra controls and buttons to Windows windows, including the one to minimize programs and folders on the system tray or notification area.
