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    Windows 8 Windows 8.1 File Explorer prevents a process minimised on the taskbar from restoring

    Often, when I open a File Explorer window, other minimized open programs with buttons on the taskbar will not come to the front when I click on the button. (I then need to minimize F.E. Alt-Esc doesn't do anything in this circumstance). This started happening suddenly, but a system restore did...
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    Windows 7 Start minimized

    I'm looking for a way or program for Windows XP and Windows 7 that will autostart a program on windows startup and run it minimized. I tried making a shortcut to the Startup folder and program starts in open window again. Specifically i tried Skype and i need the way or program for Skype because...
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    Windows 7 Automatically start up program minimized

    Hi. I hope that this is a problem that can be fixed. Thanks to one and all. I have a program (Teamviewer 9) that starts automatically from the Win 7 startup folder. Trouble is, it starts in a normal window, but I'd like to have it start minimized. I have changed the shortcut properties (in the...
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    Windows 7 Startup minimized

    I installed a TP-Link Wifi adapter and it installed a configuration program for wifi that starts on Windows startup and i want it to start minimized or hidden. It created a shortcut on the Startup Windows folder. When i click the shortcut and select PROPERTIES and then select to run minimized...
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    Windows 7 sort taskbar running programs alphabetically

    I have Win7 x64 SP1 with Classic Shell 4.0.2 I have ~ 70 firefox windows opened (minimized) Is there a way to sort these windows in the taskbar alphabetically by window title ?
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    Windows 7 Can't open minimized windows on taskbar

    Whenever I hover over an open application to open one of it's windows that minimized, the preview flickers and I can't reopen it. I can get to those windows by choosing Cascade Windows or one of those other options but I can't open them when I click on the application. Any ideas?
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    Windows 7 Windows in Windows 7 dosen't open maximized anymore

    I lost my windows opening maximized. Now it only opens minimaized and I have to enlarge it. What did I change to cause this? I read post from a few years back and still can get the window to open maximized. Thanks
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    Windows 7 ventrilo doesnt work when minimized

    i play cabal online and i use Ventrilo but has to be an open window to work how can i make it work while minimized
  9. Windows 7 Moved taskbar to top, now as programs start, can not reach their top

    As i said, when programs start, i can't reach their top window frame, so the windows are unmovable. thats the problem. They can't be minimized, or their file menu accessed because they get hidden behind the taskbar. I could of course choose to hide the taskbar when not used, but that's not the...
  10. Windows 7 How to start Outlook 2007 minimized?

    I was wondering if it is possible to start Outlook '07 minimised, so basically it starts in the tray. I currently have it set to minimise to tray, but it's rather annoying to have to minimise it every time Windows starts. It's rather odd that Outlook doesn't have a -slient switch or something...
  11. Windows 7 Control minimized Windows Media Player

    Hello, (Sorry for my bad english, i was using a dictionary. Hope I'll make myself clear.) Do you guys know a program which allows to control WMP even when it is minimized? For example, when I press ctrl+shift+space (or something like that) the WMP starts to play music, when I press other...
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    Windows 7 Minimised windows

    I am sure you have heard this before but how do I get windows to open maximised? IE opens normally from the desktop as do installed programmes. However shortcuts to web pages open minimised Driving me nuts! :confused:
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    Windows 7 Desktop Issues with immediate unselecting

    It seems whenever I am on my desktop it unselects whatever icon I have selected making renaming folders a drag. Whenever I go to select an icon or edit the name of one it unselects the icon immediately canceling my rename action. It appears to me almost as if a constant clicking is taking...
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    Windows 7 second file opened minimized

    in my W7 I have something very strange. That I open a first file of a program or application and it is opened maximized. But when I open a second file or doc of a previous application program, that one is minimized at the taskbar. Your help is appreciated.
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    Windows 7 problems with restoring minimized programs

    First time posting a problem. i couldn't restore some minimized programs such as Warcraft3 and FootBallmanager 2010. there wasn't any problems running it if i didn't minimized it at all when i started it up. is it due to a wrong properties allocation? i ran it with compatability on windows vista.
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    Windows 7 Minimized Startup

    Hello, I have some applications that i run on startup but in windows 7 i cannot find an option to minimze them on start up. Is there maybe a fix for this it's because i want to autoload them in the background minimized. Kind Regards, Kris
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    Windows 7 How to switch off compatibility mode ?

    I somehow set compatibility mode on, so I no longer have the Aero desktop features. ie no preview of minimised folders or 3d effects etc. How do I switch it off to get back to normal ?
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 RC Applications open in minimized State

    When I open an application from an Icon on the desktop, it invariably opens minimized. Where are the controls to choose to open in full screen. I did not have this problem with Windows 7 Beta. Any help or enlightenment will be appreciated. I'm using a clean install of Windows 7 6100 . Jef
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    Windows 7 cascading windows in windows 7

    i am pretty sure that in windows 7 i have seen before that one can cascade all opened/minimized windows onto your desktop ; only how to activate it ?
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    Windows 7 update jumplist thumbs when minimized?

    Why are jump list thumbnails not updated when the program or window is minimized and is their a way to have it do so? -Jason