Run start items minimized

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I have Task Manager and Homer added in the registry to start after the
system is booted. This works perfectly. But....
Is/are there any switches/commands or other tweak that will enable the
respective executables to run minimized? Both run in the system tray when
minimized manually after system boot now.
It would be delightful if they start in the system tray right away.
Tried /min, /hide, /np - no joy.
Regards and TIA.
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I have Task Manager and Homer added in the registry to start after the
system is booted. This works perfectly. But....
Is/are there any switches/commands or other tweak that will enable the
respective executables to run minimized? Both run in the system tray when
minimized manually after system boot now.
It would be delightful if they start in the system tray right away.
Tried /min, /hide, /np - no joy.

If the startup item is a shortcut in the Startup folder, you can
configure the shortcut's properties to minimize the application's
window. This is only a request so whether it works or not depends on
whether or not the application acknowledges and honors that request.

If the startup item is in the Run registry key, control over the
application's window size would be something the application itself
provides through the use of a parameter that can be added to the command
line used to load that application. You would have to ask the author of
Homer regarding what command-line parameters its application supports.

There are utilities that attempt to manage the display of windows for
applications. For example, the 4t Tray Minimizer app is a utility that
lets you make apps show up as tray icons. I believe it also lets you
control if an app's window is minimized or maximized.

For Task Manager, add a shortcut to it in your Startup group. Then
configure the properties of that shortcut to minimize the app's windows.
Then configure Task Manager to minimize to a tray icon.

 

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My response at bottom:

If the startup item is a shortcut in the Startup folder, you can
configure the shortcut's properties to minimize the application's
window. This is only a request so whether it works or not depends on
whether or not the application acknowledges and honors that request.

If the startup item is in the Run registry key, control over the
application's window size would be something the application itself
provides through the use of a parameter that can be added to the command
line used to load that application. You would have to ask the author of
Homer regarding what command-line parameters its application supports.

There are utilities that attempt to manage the display of windows for
applications. For example, the 4t Tray Minimizer app is a utility that
lets you make apps show up as tray icons. I believe it also lets you
control if an app's window is minimized or maximized.

For Task Manager, add a shortcut to it in your Startup group. Then
configure the properties of that shortcut to minimize the app's windows.
Then configure Task Manager to minimize to a tray icon.

Thanks for the very informative response. I shall do as suggested as soon as
I can.
Cheerio
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