Task Manager won't minimize to system tray

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Dave Onex

Hi Folks;

I have MCE 2005 with all updates and it's a clean install (no virus etc).

I've never been able to get the task manager to minimize to the system tray
as I used to with Windows 2000. Is this not possible with Windows XP?

In Task Manager I have the following settings enabled;

-Always on Top
-Minimize on Use
-Hide When Minimized

I've tried a combination of different settings yet I can't seem to get it to
minimize to the System Tray.
Does anyone know if this is a common issue, or better yet, how to solve it?

Thanks!
Dave
 
Dave Onex said:
Hi Folks;

I have MCE 2005 with all updates and it's a clean install (no virus etc).

I've never been able to get the task manager to minimize to the system
tray as I used to with Windows 2000. Is this not possible with Windows XP?

In Task Manager I have the following settings enabled;

-Always on Top
-Minimize on Use
-Hide When Minimized

I've tried a combination of different settings yet I can't seem to get it
to minimize to the System Tray.
Does anyone know if this is a common issue, or better yet, how to solve
it?

Thanks!
Dave
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Uncheck Always on Top and it should minimize to the system tray. Or at least
it does for me. I have the other 2 options checked.

SC Tom
 
Thanks Tom - it's working now :-)

SC Tom said:
Uncheck Always on Top and it should minimize to the system tray. Or at
least it does for me. I have the other 2 options checked.

SC Tom
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Sometimes closing Task Manager from within Task Manager (I know that sounds
odd but it works - you just close the 'taskmgr.exe' file) usually fixes most
issues like that.
 
You know what's wierd?

Task Manager does not always minimize to the system tray. It does this
intermittently. It seems that when certain other programs are running, and
they have icons in the system tray - then it won't minimize to the tray.

At other times, usually when other programs aren't running - then it will.
The two programs that seem to interfere with it are Media Center's own
recording icon (the red ball) and possibly nVidia's Pure Video (mpeg
decoder) icon.

So it seems that's where the issue lies :-0

Best & Thanks!
Dave
 
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