SmartSystemMenu is a free, light and portable application you can use if you need some control over your open windows. The program is also discreet, it opens minimized on the tray where you can find the options of exiting and letting it start with Windows. When it runs SmartSystemMenu adds some functions at the title […]
Tag: system tray
System tray icons are helpful especially if you have them in positions that let you locate them easily. After I installed this Caps Lock notifier that puts two icons in the system tray, the order of icons I was used to was damaged. Not only that, but icons with similar colors were placed near each […]
Whenever I needed to use MS Office, I had to close some other program, which meant moving the mouse to the system tray, right-clicking on its icon and selecting the Exit option. I’m a keyboard type and I like speed, so that all of this mouse move, especially when required each and every day, is not […]
Kana Launcher is a free program you can use to launch frequently used programs and documents. Kana launcher is able to use drag and drop, right click menu or Windows Explorer to manage the icons and menus. It recognizes any file type; you can put a shortcut, documents, or other files into Kana Launcher’s data […]
You can order system tray icons, to have a specific icon in the exact location you prefer, but you can also make some change that would help some icons advance in the hierarchy and go closer to this or the other side of the tray. I use Language Indicator to see a flag for the […]
The notorious system tray!, the Windows hiding place for all those programs you need to run but not to see. What if you wanted to reach this minimized-in-the-tray application, in order to follow an update, change some settings or anything? Is there a way to do it without using the mouse? The Win+b keyboard shortcut […]
TrayEverything is a free utility that will let you have a program disappear into the system tray. Its main window shows a list of currently open programs with their associated windows, from which you can minimize to tray whatever you want. You can also choose not to show an icon even in the system tray, […]
I have this nice SiteUp monitor utility which changes its system tray icon whenever a web site becomes unavailable. Unfortunately, although in the Windows Settings I activated permanently its icon, SiteUp from time to time disappears from the system tray and is hidden along with other hidden icons. The strangest thing is that not only […]