Tweak Library – Minimize Microsoft Outlook XP/2002 to the notification area.

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Minimize Microsoft Outlook XP/2002 to the notification area.

This setting enables you to minimize Microsoft Outlook to the notification area.

Tweak for : Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting enables you to minimize Microsoft Outlook to the notification area.

By default, if you minimize Microsoft Outlook, it will be minimized to the taskbar, so that it will appear with other windows.

If you apply this setting, Microsoft Outlook will be minimized to the notification area. The notification area is at the right side of the taskbar where you can find the system clock and running background programs.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a DWORD value “MinToTray”, if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the value to “1” which can minimize Microsoft Outlook to the notification area. However, if you want to get back to the original state, change the value to “0”.

To see the effects simply restart the Microsoft outlook.

NOTE:
By default this featured is enabled in Outlook 2003.

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Preferences\]

Key Type :

Current User

Value Name :

MinToTray

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

'Microsoft Outlook' is visible in the notification area.

'Microsoft Outlook' is not visible in the notification area.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type 'regedit'.

Next, go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\10.0\Outlook\Preferences\] and create a DWORD value as 'MinToTray'.

Now righjt click on the DWORD value 'MinToTray' and select 'Modify'.

Finally set the value data as '1' and click 'OK'.