miniMIZE Notification Icon
In order to allow you to change the way miniMIZE works, and to allow you to exit the
application, miniMIZE adds an icon to the Windows taskbar notification area (the area of the
taskbar near the clock). The icon provides you with a way to interact with miniMIZE, while at
the same time informing you as to the status of miniMIZE. When miniMIZE is active, it
displays the active icon and when it is in-active, it displays the inactive icon.
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miniMIZE Active Icon
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miniMIZE In-Active Icon
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Double clicking the notification icon will bring up the settings editor and right clicking the
notification icon will show the miniMIZE context menu.
miniMIZE Context Menu
The miniMIZE context menu provides you with generally used options. To bring up the
miniMIZE context menu, right click the notification icon.

The miniMIZE context menu allows you to access to various miniMIZE actions.
· Activate - enables miniMIZE so that it captures window minimizes
· Deactivate - disables miniMIZE so that it no longer captures window minimizes
· Thumbnail Level - is a submenu that allows you to set the thumbnail level
for all the
thumbnail windows (see Thumbnail Settings) · Help - Displays the miniMIZE help
· About miniMIZE... - provides you with information about miniMIZE
· Exit - exits miniMIZE
miniMIZE Settings Editor
The miniMIZE settings editor provides you with a way to customize the behavior of miniMIZE
by changing the settings that affect the way miniMIZE runs. For more information, see the section on Settings.
miniMIZE Thumbnail Windows
Of course the main reason you're running miniMIZE, is for the thumbnails. For each of the
windows that you minimize, miniMIZE takes a snapshot of the window before the minimize
action is complete. It then uses that snapshot to create a scaled thumbnail of the window and
places the thumbnail on the desktop. The thumbnail is updated each time you minimize the
window, so you are always provided with information about the last task you were busy with
before you minimized the window.
Copyright (c) 2005 Stephen Kew