windows startup programs..

[jayno20]

is there a way to have programs that you set to start with windows to start minimized right to the system tray? i have a few things set to start with windows and they pop up everywhere and kind of annoy me, i still want them to start with windows just rather than poping up just automatically start minimized... is that possible?

 

[Flipi]

Just right click on the shortcut for that program and on that tab with run change from Normal window to Minimized.
That's it

 

[Spike]

That only minimises them - it doesn't minimise them to the system tray. For that you would require a third party program/utility to the best of my knowledge.

 

[jayno20]

what kind of program would do that?

 

[Arcanum]

Well, there's this little utility called 'Minimize to tray', it does work,
however I have no idea if you can automate it to minimize specific programs on startup itself.

http://www.actualtools.com/titlebuttons/minimize_to_system_tray_any_program.shtml

There's also this 'Iconic Tray' which seems to have the same functionality, I also dont know if it can be configured to automatically minimaze apps on startup, though you can configure a hotkey to minimize more apps at once.

http://www.minimize-to-tray.com/

Hope it helps...