RBTray

RBTray

RBTray is a small Windows program that runs in the background and allows almost any window to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button or shift-right-clicking on its title bar.

It is free, open source, and is distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence.

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Original RBTray 4.3
Older Versions
Modified (forked) version.

Changes:

4.6 fork (2017-Aug-29) - Benbuck Nason
  * Fix compatibility issue with some Windows 10 64 bit environments.
4.5 fork (2017-May-12) - Benbuck Nason
  * Add some error handling.
  * Fix bug in shift key check.
  * Update project files to VS2015.
4.4 fork (2015-Dec-05) - Benbuck Nason:
  * Support minimizing by shift-right-clicking on window title bar.
4.3 (2011-Oct-30):
  * Hide windows instead of minimizing and hiding.
  * Hide windows even if they're already in the tray.
  * Fix "Close Window" for Explorer windows.
4.2 (2011-Jun-24):
  * Improve ability to minimize certain programs.
4.1 (2010-May-08):
  * Unified mouse hook procedure improves reliability and fixes small minimize
    target with XP theming.
  * Fixed tooltip overflow for long window captions.
4.0 (2010-May-06):
  * Alternative mouse hook procedure for Windows Vista/7 Aero compatibility.
  * Fixed 64-bit compatibility and created 64-bit compiles.
  * Removed window menu additions (e.g. Minimize in tray, Always on top),
    hotkey, and keyboard indicator.
  * Dropped Windows 9x support.
  * Tray icon tooltip can display Unicode characters.
  * Removes tray icon automatically if a program shows itself or exits.
  * Fixed problem when minimizing Office 2007 windows.
  * Won't minimize MDI child windows.
  * Other small fixes and reorganized code.