5. Sometimes the taskbar buttons for windows that are already
minimized re-appear
This seems to be related to the way Windows decides which window needs the focus. After a
window it minimized or closed Windows sometimes tries to focus an already minimized
window, causing the taskbar button to re-appear. If that happens, you just need to restore
the application and minimize it again and the taskbar button will be removed once more.
6. When I run Object Dock, Window Blinds, RK Launcher with
miniMIZE, miniMIZE stops creating thumbnails
miniMIZE uses a particular method of getting minimize messages from Windows when ever
you minimize a window. Unfortunately so do other applications and windows only sends the
messages to a single application. It is up to the application whether or not it passes the
messages on. Generally the last application to apply for the messages is the one who
receives them.
Depending on how the application handles the messages, they may stop forwarding the
messages to miniMIZE. This means that if an application that uses these messages but does
not pass them on is started after miniMIZE, it will prevent miniMIZE from receiving these
messages.
miniMIZE has been specifically designed to operate with these applications by forwarding on
the messages from Windows, but it needs to be the last running application that applies for
the messages. Generally starting miniMIZE after any of these applications ensures that they
should both work.
7. Does miniMIZE work with alternate shells?
The overall functioning of miniMIZE is specific to Windows and not to Explorer, so in short,
yes, miniMIZE does work with alternate shells. There are however some features of miniMIZE
that are specific to Explorer.
8. Why doesn't the Windows Minimize All hotkey (Win+M) work
with miniMIZE?
For some unknown reason the Windows minimize all hotkey doesn't actually minimize the
windows. While the windows do eventually end up minimized, Windows doesn't send out the
usual messages that it does when you minimize a window.
As a work around, miniMIZE contains its own miniMIZE All hotkey that you can use to
duplicate the Windows functionality while working correctly with miniMIZE.
9. Why doesn't the Windows Show Desktop hotkey (Win+D) work
with miniMIZE?
For the same reason the Windows Minimize All hotkey doesn't work. That only means that
new windows aren't miniMIZEd, if you show the desktop, the thumbnails still remain visible.
10. Why doesn't my application preview correctly?
Some frameworks that are used for development, generally cross platform frameworks like
GTK, don't seem to respond correctly to the window snapshot code that miniMIZE uses.
In an attempt to work around this problem, miniMIZE has a backup method of taking
snapshots, but it is a lot slower. If a particular window takes a lot longer to miniMIZE than
normal, this is the reason.
11. A particular application takes a lot longer to miniMIZE than all
the rest of my applications
Please see FAQ 10.
12. Some applications that minimize to the tray still show up as
thumbnails and cause problems when I restore them from the
thumbnails
Depending on how the particular application implements its minimize to tray, miniMIZE is
unable to determine that the application is minimizing or wanting to hide because they use
the same messages as miniMIZE to determine when to hide.
To work around these problems, add the particular window or application to the exclusion list.
13. I want to change where miniMIZE places the thumbnails
Use the position settings to tell miniMIZE where to begin placing the
thumbnails, and the
direction in which direction the rest of the thumbnails should be placed.
Copyright (c) 2005 Stephen Kew