activate window for running processes?

[spoon2001]

Is there a tool to activate the window for running processes, or to access
their context menu options, when the system tray icon for that program has
been hidden?

Just for example, to reduce system tray clutter, I checked the "Hide System
Tray" box in OE-Quotefix. The process is running, but I can't access any of
its functions. I just ran the the executable file and access the
OE-Quotefix window that way. I was concerned that I might be creating a
second instance of OE-Quotefix, but that didn't happen.

I looked in Process Explorer to see if there was a way to bring up the
OE-Quotefix window from within PE, but there isn't. Is there a process
manager that does have this capability?

I have discovered that there is another way to hide systray icons while
keeping them accessible ... i.e. Taskbar Properties dialog tab, check Hide
Inactive Box, click Customize button, set each systray icon to "Hide when
Inactive", "Always Show", or "Always Hide" as appropriate. Icons and
windows for processes hidden in this way can be accessed simply by clicking
the "Show hidden icons" button on the systray. I'm not talking about these
hidden icons, I'm talking about processes where the systray icon has been
hidden in the program interface itself.

 

[Michel Claveau]

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[Sietse Fliege]

Is there a tool to activate the window for running processes, or to
access their context menu options, when the system tray icon for that
program has been hidden?

Just for example, to reduce system tray clutter, I checked the "Hide
System Tray" box in OE-Quotefix. The process is running, but I can't
access any of its functions. I just ran the the executable file and
access the OE-Quotefix window that way. I was concerned that I might
be creating a second instance of OE-Quotefix, but that didn't happen.

This is actually the way to do it. According to the Help file:
"To get access to the dialog without the tray icon, start a second
instance of OE-QuoteFix (e.g. by using the start menu) "

Elsewhere it says that this second instance "will only bring up the
dialog of the first instance and then terminate".

I looked in Process Explorer to see if there was a way to bring up the
OE-Quotefix window from within PE, but there isn't. Is there a
process manager that does have this capability?

I have discovered that there is another way to hide systray icons
while keeping them accessible ... i.e. Taskbar Properties dialog tab,
check Hide Inactive Box, click Customize button, set each systray
icon to "Hide when Inactive", "Always Show", or "Always Hide" as
appropriate. Icons and windows for processes hidden in this way can
be accessed simply by clicking the "Show hidden icons" button on the
systray. I'm not talking about these hidden icons, I'm talking about
processes where the systray icon has been hidden in the program
interface itself.

You could also bring up the dialog using WinToy by Murtazin Stas.
Don't know the homepage, but it can be downloaded from here:
http://landvermesser.tripod.com/wintoy.html
(RAR-ed 169 KB standalone executable)
Left list: select 'OE-QuoteFix' Right list: select 'Show Window'
This brings up the dialog.

You could also bring it up using Process Controller
http://www.k23productions.com/download.php?view.77