Is there a way to make Task Manager run in Task tray permanently?

[Guest]

Hello folks, I am running XP Home on a Dell 2400 & want to have the
Task Manager automatically load so it will be showing in the Task Tray at
startup w/out having to bring it up myself. Is this possible?

Thanks,
meadowmuffin



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[Richard Urban [MVP]]

Copy a shortcut of task manager to your startup folder. Then open the
properties of task manager shortcut. Set to start minimized. Now open task
manager. Click on the option tab. Choose "minimize on use" and "hide when
minimized".

Reboot to test.

Good luck!

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[Brian]

That helped me out too! I'd been looking for that. Thanks a lot!

 

[Guest]

Hey, thanks for answering Richard Urban. I'm a little lost here. Are u
saying the startup folder as in the one where I click
Start/programs/startup?? Because if that's it, I tried that & it didn't work.
It wouldn't paste there. I did a search for "Startup folder" & nothing. So I
did a search for "Start" & of course hundreds came within the first few
seconds so I stopped that right quick!
Could u point me closer?

Thanks,
meadowmuffin
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FIGHT THE POWER
"To be nobody but myself-in a world which is doing its best, night and
day, to make you everybody else-means to fight the hardest battle which any
human being can fight, and never stop fighting"
ee cummings (1894-1962)

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

Start | All Programs | Startup is the folder you want. I have no idea why
you can not copy and paste to there.

Go to your Windows/System32 folder

Find the file taskmgr.exe. Right click | sent to | desktop (create
shortcut). This will place a shortcut on your desktop. Now copy that
shortcut to your Start | All Programs | Startup folder

You can then delete the shortcut from your desktop.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

 

[Guest]

Thank You Richard Urban. That was simple enough. Last nite I wasn't
OPENING the Startup folder & that's why I couldn't paste the shortcut. After
I rebooted & Task Manager started up w/the rest I realized what I wanted it
to do is to be able to close it from showing in the bottom bar & yet still
have the TM graph showing in the task tray. Is this possible?
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Thanks, meadowmuffin


FIGHT THE POWER
"To be nobody but myself-in a world which is doing its best, night and
day, to make you everybody else-means to fight the hardest battle which any
human being can fight, and never stop fighting"
ee cummings
(1894-1962)

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

Re-read my first reply to you and follow "all" of the instructions!

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"

 

[Guest]

Works perfect. Thanks. I'm always doing stupid things like that & getting
to gung ho & jumping the gun.
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meadowmuffin

FIGHT THE POWER
"To be nobody but myself-in a world which is doing its best, night and
day, to make you everybody else-means to fight the hardest battle which any
human being can fight, and never stop fighting"
ee
cummings (1894-1962)

 

[Richard Urban [MVP]]

You're welcome! (-:

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

Quote from: George Ankner
"If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!"