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All Features of 4t Tray Minimizer Free/Pro

Window Actions

  • Minimize to Tray – minimize almost any application to the system tray using titlebar buttons, window menus, standard window buttons, or keyboard shortcuts.
  • Hide Application – hide an application without displaying its icon in the system tray.
  • Minimize/Restore All Applications – minimize all running applications to the system tray or restore all hidden applications.
  • Roll Up/Roll Down – roll a window up to its title bar and restore it when needed.
  • Make Transparent – make a window semi-transparent to see the windows behind it.
  • Stay on Top – keep any important window above other windows.

Window Controls

  • Titlebar buttons – add customizable buttons for quick access to 4t Tray Minimizer actions. Pro users can customize them for individual Favorites.
  • System menu commands – add 4t Tray Minimizer actions to the standard window system menu.
  • Customizable standard window buttons – assign different actions to Minimize, Maximize, and Close for normal clicks, right-clicks, double-clicks, or clicks with modifier keys.

System Tray & Desktop

  • Hide system tray icons – hide selected icons from the notification area.
  • Desktop shortcuts in the system tray – access Desktop shortcuts directly from the system tray.

Favorites (Pro)

  • Application-specific settings – configure window controls, titlebar buttons, and other options individually for each Favorite.
  • Quick activate/restore – quickly bring a Favorite to the foreground regardless of its current state.
  • Custom Minimize/Close behavior – redefine how an application responds to its Minimize and Close buttons or the Alt+F4 shortcut.
  • Automatic Minimize to Tray – automatically minimize a Favorite at startup, when it becomes inactive, or when it is minimized to the taskbar.
  • Hide taskbar button – remove a Favorite's button from the taskbar.
  • Block self-restoration – prevent an application from restoring itself after it has been minimized to the system tray.
  • Quick Launch – quickly launch another instance of a Favorite.
  • Single-instance control – limit an application to one instance and activate the existing instance when another is launched.
  • Application-specific hotkeys – launch, minimize, restore, or hide Favorites with custom shortcuts, including a single shortcut to launch, minimize, and restore an application.
  • Multiple-instance actions – minimize all instances to the taskbar or system tray, or restore all hidden instances.

Keyboard Shortcuts

For the active window:

Maximize · Minimize · Minimize to Tray · Hide without a tray icon · Roll Up/Roll Down · Make Transparent · Stay on Top

For all windows:

Minimize all windows · Minimize all windows to the system tray · Restore all hidden windows

For Favorites (Pro):

  • Launch a Favorite – start the Favorite application.
  • Minimize a Favorite to the system tray – hide the Favorite application in the system tray.
  • Restore a hidden Favorite – bring the application back to the foreground.
  • Minimize all instances to the taskbar – minimize every instance of the Favorite.
  • Minimize all instances to the system tray – hide every instance of the Favorite to the system tray.
  • Restore all instances – restore every hidden instance of the Favorite.
Current version: 6.09

Setup size: 1.86 Mb

Released: 10 Aug, 2026

System requirements:

  • Windows 11 (32/64 bit)
  • Windows 10 (32/64 bit)
  • Windows 8.1 (32/64 bit)
  • Windows 8 (32/64 bit)
  • Windows 7 (32/64 bit)
  • Windows Vista (32/64 bit)
  • Windows XP (32/64 bit)

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