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A minimized object is one that has been replaced with an object that can restore the original when selected.

In a graphical interface, a minimized object is one that has been replaced with an object that can restore the original when selected. The original object is often a window; the minimized form is often an iconic button located in a system dock, tray or task bar.

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WPF: Window stays minimized even when setting WindowState explicitly

My application has a tray icon which, when double-clicked, hides or shows the application window. My issue is that I can't seem to bring the window to the foreground if it was in a minimized state when it was hidden. For instance, say the user…
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How to star a Spotify song with Autohotkey while it's minimized?

How to star a Spotify song while it's minimized? Okay so the Spotify application on Windows does not have inbuilt support for global hotkeys, and very basic hotkeys even when the application window is currently active. Frustratingly 'starring' the…
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Sending messages to a Flash game with C# and AutoIt

I'm making a bot for a Flash game, and I've figured out how to import all the AutoIt functions into my C# code. string title = "Minesweeper"; string full = auto.WinGetTitle(title,""); string handle = auto.WinGetHandle(full, ""); if…
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Preserve positioning of HTML page when window minimized

I have a problem with my page. Whenever I minimize the window the positioning of all the elements goes off and things get distorted.
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Catch onMinimize Event For a Form (Delphi)

I found 2 ways for catching onMinimize event. First: On FormResize event: if MyForm.WindowState = wsMinimized then ...... Second: Declaring the message handler like this: procedure WMSize(var Msg: TMessage); message WM_SIZE; And then: procedure…
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Launching Acrobat Reader 10.0 from C#: how to minimize?

I am launching Reader 10.0 to send a PDF file to a printer from a C# program on a Win 7 system. Here's what I am doing now: startInfo.FileName = adobeReaderPath; string args = String.Format("/t \"{0}\" \"{1}\"", this.pdfFileName,…
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Starting a program minimized via Batch

I have been searching around on a way to do this, but the /min command does not start my MP3 file minimized. Here is the code: start /min song1.mp3 "cd /d %~dp0" The program I'm using to play the MP3 is Windows Media Player.
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AutoHotkey background clicking and typing

I'm trying to use AutoHotkey to do some background clicking and typing while I'm doing other stuff in the foreground. I've gotten used to Send but I haven't figured out how ControlSend works yet. Can anyone give me an example using something simple…
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SetForegroundWindow doesn't work with minimized process

Couldn't find any good answer on this topic, so maybe someone can help me out. I'm making a small personal program where I want to bring a certain application to the foreground. It already works, but there is one small problem. When the process is…
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Send hotkey to minimized chrome window

I need an autohotkey script that can send alt+backspace to a minimized chrome window (without maximizing it). Basically, I have a web player app I've made and on the player window which opens in a smaller window, you can press alt+backspace and it…
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Show a progressbar in taskbar while form is minimized

I wonder how can i accomplish the following: I would like to display the progress of a progressbar on the taskbar while my window is minimized. See here for a visual description. See how the icon on the taskbar gradually fills with green color…
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Add Firebug Lite to JSFiddle to start up minimized

Firebug was best development tool for web for a long time. Now that advanced well-equipped Developer Tool is shifted with every major browsers, we don't need to look for it. But sometimes while sharing JSFiddle code that prints some log to console,…
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C# Run application MINIMIZED at windows startup

I got the following code to run the application at windows startup: private void SetStartup(string AppName, bool enable) { string runKey = "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run"; Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey…
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.NET Timer controls run faster while the window is minimized

It's actually a noticeable difference that I've seen but cannot explain. These timers have intervals set to 1ms (the lowest available), but while it's minimized, it seems to tick faster? Could anyone explain this phenomenon to me? And if possible,…
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How to display local notification when PhoneGap application is minimized

I have a PhoneGap application where I am using Background Service, PhoneListner and CallLog plugins for Android. So when ever there is an incoming/outgoing call ends, my application shows the notification having the last call details. But if I…
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