PS Tray Factory Alternatives

PS Tray Factory is described as 'Allows you to take a full control over icons in the system tray area of the taskbar. With PS Tray Factory you can: hide icons from system tray into menu, change the order of icons in the system tray (sort tray), restore tray icons after Explorer' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to PS Tray Factory for Windows, PortableApps.com and File Explorer. The best PS Tray Factory alternative is SmartSystemMenu, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like PS Tray Factory are RBTray, 4t Tray Minimizer, PowerMenu and TrayIt!.

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PS Tray Factory alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be System Tweakers or Process Management Tools.  Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of PS Tray Factory.
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PS Tray Factory allows you to take a full control over icons in the system tray area of the taskbar. With PS Tray Factory you can: hide icons from system tray into menu, change the order of icons in the system tray (sort...

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PS Tray Factory alternatives page was last updated Jun 19, 2023
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  1. SmartSystemMenu icon
    SmartSystemMenu icon

    SmartSystemMenu

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    SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:

    46 SmartSystemMenu alternatives
    SmartSystemMenu screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Top SmartSystemMenu Features

    1.  Sits in the System Tray
    2.  On top
    3.  Window Resizing
    4.  Transparency
    5.  Pin the specified window on top of all
    6.  Change Monitor
    7.  No registration required
    8.  Dark Mode
    9.  Ad-free
    10.  Portable
    11.  Prioritize tasks
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    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Windows alternative to PS Tray Factory.

    • SmartSystemMenu is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to PS Tray Factory.

    • SmartSystemMenu is Free and Open SourcePS Tray Factory is Paid and Proprietary
  2. RBTray icon
    RBTray icon

    RBTray

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    Allows almost any program to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.

    49 RBTray alternatives
    RBTray screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    RBTray Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    Last update is from 2015 but the project has been forked: RBTray Fork icon RBTray Fork

    RBTray iconPS Tray Factory Icon

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  4. 4t Tray Minimizer icon
    4t Tray Minimizer icon

    4t Tray Minimizer

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    4t Tray Minimizer is a lightweight but powerful window manager, which helps you to free up space on the desktop and the taskbar via the following actions:

    24 4t Tray Minimizer alternatives
    Minimize to tray

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    4t Tray Minimizer Features

    1.  Support for Keyboard Shortcuts
    2.  On top
    Additional titlebar buttons and additional menu items
    Additional items into taskbar menu
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    Menu
    4t Tray Minimizer iconPS Tray Factory Icon

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  5. PowerMenu icon
    PowerMenu icon

    PowerMenu

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    PowerMenu is a small application that some extra menu items to the windows control menu in addition to the standard "Close", "Maximize", etc options. The extra menus are: Priority, Always On Top, Transparency and Minimize To Tray.

    44 PowerMenu alternatives
    Explorer Context Menu Example

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Windows Explorer

    PowerMenu Features

    1.  Transparency
    2.  On top
    Application Context Menu Example
    Discontinued

    The app is no longer updated, but it can be still downloaded from the official website.

    PowerMenu iconPS Tray Factory Icon

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  6. TrayIt! icon
    TrayIt! icon

    TrayIt!

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    TrayIt! - minimize to the system icon tray any program (Outlook Express, Notepad, Word, Internet Explorer, Sunbird, Thunderbird, Opera, OpenOffice etc.) and get more room in the Taskbar!

    39 TrayIt! alternatives
    TrayIt! screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TrayIt! Features

    1.  On top
    2.  Transparency
    TrayIt! screenshot 1
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    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 4.6.5.5, released on June 2008, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.

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  7. TopMenu icon
    TopMenu icon

    TopMenu

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    TopMenu is a functionality clone of PowerMenu, but designed to be compatible with Windows 7 and 64-bit systems.

    40 TopMenu alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    TopMenu Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Transparency
    3.  On top
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  9. Clicky Gone icon
    Clicky Gone icon

    Clicky Gone

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    Clicky Gone allows you to hide your selected windows from view, this includes the taskbar button associated with the application. This utility particularly helps with protecting your privacy by hiding things like your browser with banking details up and someone walks in on you.

    20 Clicky Gone alternatives
    Clicky Gone screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    Clicky Gone Features

    1.  Portable
    Clicky Gone screenshot 1
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    Clicky Gone iconPS Tray Factory Icon

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  10. ShellEnhancer icon
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    ShellEnhancer

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    NuonSoft ShellEnhancer is a powerfull utility designed to enhance the default shell of Windows. Learn more about ShellEnhancer.

    25 ShellEnhancer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    Last version, 3.0.0.91, was released on December 2006, but it can be still downloaded from the official website.

    ShellEnhancer iconPS Tray Factory Icon

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  11. HideWin icon
    HideWin icon

    HideWin

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    HideWin sits in the system tray and enables you to hide any top-level window with its popup tray menu or an ALT+letter hotkey that it assigns automatically. It appears to be abandonware, but it is only 13KB and still works.

    34 HideWin alternatives
    HideWin screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows

    HideWin Features

    1.  Portable
    Discontinued

    The official website is no longer available. Last version, 1.0, released on June 13th, 2008, can be still downloaded from Softpedia.

    HideWin iconPS Tray Factory Icon

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  12. SilentRun icon
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    SilentRun

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    SilentRun is a small and handy Windows system software tool that can easily let you run multiple programs silently in the background. It can hide program windows and interfaces, and increase or decrease the priority of background processes.

    23 SilentRun alternatives
    SilentRun Screenshot

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SilentRun Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Portable
    3.  Hide apps
    SilentRun iconPS Tray Factory Icon

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  13. Minimize To Tray Tool icon
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    Minimize To Tray Tool

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    MinimizeToTrayTool is a utility that allows the user to minimize any application to the Windows system tray with its icon.

    23 Minimize To Tray Tool alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Minimize To Tray Tool iconPS Tray Factory Icon

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    • Minimize To Tray Tool is the most popular commercial alternative to PS Tray Factory.

    • Minimize To Tray Tool is Paid and ProprietaryPS Tray Factory is also Paid and Proprietary

  14. Process Manager for Windows

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    Process Manager for Windows is a utility which allows you to to set process priority, minimize windows to the system tray, and more—all via taskbar window button right-click menus.

    23 Process Manager for Windows alternatives
    Process Manager for Windows screenshot 1

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Process Manager for Windows Features

    1.  Transparency
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