Tray Notification Area and Minimize To Tray Software for Windows

BeTrayed
$0 - John Foster

BeTrayed! is a small 32 bit command line utility which allows you to easily add a collection of shortcuts to the System Tray (Notification Area in Microsoft speak) It allows you to quickly access frequently used folders, files, URLs and applications - even though they were never designed to be launched from the Tray.

For maximum flexibility, BeTrayed! functions in two modes, either single command mode or, more usually, in Batch mode where it adds multiple icons to the Tray, all managed by one instance of BeTrayed! - in both modes, you specify the command to launch and, optionally, the tooltip text to show and an alternative icon. If not specified, the tooptip defaults to the command line and the icon to the default icon contained in the file (or if there isn't one, the one for the associated application)

For instance, to add a single icon to the System Tray to launch Calc, you could use:

BeTrayed c:windowssystem32calc.exe,Calculator

This would create a new Tray icon (with the default icon from Calc.exe), which would show a tooltip of 'Calculator'

In batch mode, the parameter passed to BeTrayed! is actually the name of a text file containing the individual command lines. To use Batch mode with BeTrayed!, simple pass BeTrayed! the name of the controlling text file, prefixed with "/batch:" ie.

BeTrayed /batch:Standard.tray

BeTrayed! would now look for a file called 'Standard.tray' - which would contain a list of appropriate commands, ie.

;Sample BeTrayed! batch mode control file
; Anything beginning with a semi-colon is a comment!
; Windows Calc using default Calc.exe icon
c:windowssystem32calc.exe,Windows Calculator
; Users shared area via UNC path, using custom icon.
JBFDataUsersShared,User Shared Area,sa.ico
; Launch URL with default browser (using 3rd icon in browser exe)
List,3

From the above 'Standard.tray' file, 3 icons would be added to the Tray.

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Minimize To Tray
$9.95 - RexTeam Ltd

Since Windows operating system doesn't provide the default ability to minimize any window to the system tray, Minimize To Tray was developed for this single purpose.
Minimize To Tray is a small but powerful utility which is only needed to be installed to bring the hide-to-tray ability online in the quickest and easiest way: you can hide application by shortcut key or you may choose applications which will be always minimized to system tray.

Minimize, hide any application to system tray, you can use it like boss key. Hide them all! You can minimize application by shortcut key. You may choose applications which will be always minimized to tray, it's really easy to use. Minimize them all now! You can hide them too! It does not require any additional configuration. Minimize To Tray supports Windows Vista. Minimize To Tray hiding all windows applications. Free support after buy included.
Minimize To Tray is an award winning Windows application designed for improvement of standard Windows taskbar. Minimize To Tray allows to hide any running program to system tray area (aka notification area).

Minimize To Tray tested under Windows 2000, Windows 2003 Server, Windows XP (all editions), Windows Vista (all editions).
All Windows application can be hidden to tray using Minimize To Tray system utility.
For example Minimize To Tray supports Microsoft Office 2007, Internet Explorer, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Outlook Express, Media Player, Thunderbird, FireFox, Opera, Foobar, Putty, WinAmp etc.
You can use Minimize To Tray to hide running programs or games on your work computer from boss.
Lightweight and ease of use of this small system utility noted by many of our customers and reviewers.
The software makes it easy to manage the applications and the task bar does not remain filled up with the opened programs. It?s good utility software to be installed to your personal computers.

Try it and you'll like it!

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Iconic Tray
$14.95 - dnSoft Research Group

Iconic Tray is a tiny utility which lets you minimize any window either to the system tray (notification area in Windows XP), or to a special new tray provided by Iconic Tray itself (see image). Whichever method you choose - bye bye those clogged up taskbars!
Iconic Tray is very useful to hide seldom used or background applications which occupy your taskbar and hinder quick switching among those you use most often. Moreover, minimized applications use less processor time and memory - your system performance may even increase!
Minimizing to the Iconic Tray and/or the system tray is easy: simply right-click (or middle-click) on the window's "Minimize" button. Anytime you want to view the minimized windows, just open the Iconic Tray icon to see a menu list - click on a window in the list and it's back on screen again. It really is that easy. Of course, if you had chosen to minimize to the system tray, just restore your window as you would any other tray icon.
As small as it is, Iconic Tray will do this job admirably - and what's more, it's simple to configure too. The icon for Iconic Tray can appear either as a small button next to the system tray, or as an icon in the system tray itself. The preferences dialog allows you to change all the default settings, plus, you can define system wide hotkeys to carry out all the functions mentioned above.

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Tray Weather Forecast
$30 - Tray Weather Ltd.

Tray Weather Forecast is a desktop application to view a weather forecast. It is nice and simple to use.

Icon in the system tray (notification area near desktop clocks) show current outdoors temperature. Click on icon bring weather forecast window to desktop.

There are forecast for temperature, cloudiness, storm probability, amount of precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Features:
- Two sources of forecast
- Huge international cities base
- Retrieving weather forecast for a several cities simultaneously
- Weather forecast for 3, 6 or 9 days
- Hourly weather forecast for 8 hours within 2-3 days
- Data refreshing on demand or automatically
- A few picture packs available to choose
- Multilingual interface
- Customizable icon

System requirements: OS Windows 2000 or above, Internet connection.

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TrayDay
$14.95 - MJMSoft Design Ltd.

TrayDay - date, calendar, week number and counter utility for the Windows tray, or Windows XP Notification area. TrayDay places an icon showing the date (day of the month) in the system tray. The icon resembles a page of a "tear-off" calendar. You can therefore see the date at a glance - often quicker and easier than resting your mouse over the clock, searching for an "Insert Date" menu, or having to reach for your diary. Move the mouse over the icon and the day of the week will appear; you can also have the Julian Day number in the Tooltip, and the "Internet Time" as defined by Swatch®. Left-click the icon and a pop-up menu appears showing the date in various formats - including up to ten user defined formats. Click one and it will automatically be inserted into your application (or copied to the clipboard, depending on the option checked in the right-click menu). Formats can include dates defined by calendar week and day number, as in 2007-W05-1 for January 29, 2007.
TrayDay also has a calendar option which displays a small calendar on your desktop. This calendar can display 1 or 3 months at a time, and has color scheme features. You can choose to have the calendar "on top" all the time for quick reference. Navigate months and years using the mouse or keyboard - or your mouse wheel - and type any date in the format of your choice. TrayDay can also display the week numbers on the calendar; press the W (or S) button on the calendar to switch week numbers on and off.

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TrayAccess
$14.95 - Sandy Springs Software Corporation

TrayAccess is an utility that allows you to put in the system notification area ("system tray") icons for any programs, documents, folders, or system objects (for example, printers). Taskbar icons created by the program have context menus, which allow you to perform common tasks on items for which those icons was created, including opening, printing, and more. Taskbar icons can be imported from the Desktop and Start Menu or added manually. A Control Panel applet is also included in TrayAccess so you will be able to add or delete taskbar icons as well as configure the program's options.

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