Boss key for Windows 11 and 10: one hotkey hides the apps you choose - window, taskbar button and tray icon together - and one hotkey brings them back exactly where they were.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
+1
TrayIt! Alternatives
TrayIt! has been discontinued. Similar apps include gohide, which has a free version. Other options are SmartSystemMenu, RBTray, 4t Tray Minimizer and KDocker. There's no shortage of Window Managers like TrayIt!, with more than 25 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac and self-hosting.
Alternatives list
44 SmartSystemMenu alternativesSmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system. It appends next custom items to menu:
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Application typeApplication types
Platforms
- Windows
United States
+1
Allows almost any program to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Russia
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:
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Russia
+4
KDocker will help you dock any application into the system tray. This means you can dock Openoffice, xmms, Firefox, Thunderbird, anything!
Just point and click. Works for all NET WM compliant window managers - that includes KDE, GNOME, Xfce, Fluxbox and many more.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (GPL-2.0)
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
20 SmartContextMenu alternativesSmartContextMenu adds a context menu to all windows in the system. This program is enhanced version of SmartSystemMenu. I hope it will be more convenient, because it supports all types of windows, including windows without a system menu.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source (MIT)
Platforms
- Windows
- United States
Cost / License
- Paid
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
- Russia
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eXtra Buttons lets you add up to 10 additional buttons to the title bar of each window, which allow you to minimize the window to the tray, keep it on-top, send it to the background, adjust the window's transparency and more.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Windows
- Windows Explorer
DM2 provides several Windows enhancements that may help in every-day work. One of the nicest and most popular features of DM2 is minimizing windows to floating icons® (unique feature!) freeing both task bar and tray bar space.
Platforms
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
Make all windows but the active one transparent.
Features:
- User defined transparency level.
- Can ignore always ontop windows.
- Won't make parent windows transparent while children is active.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
Dims all windows except the active one.
Features:
- Place a transparent image across the screen.
- Highly configurable.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Application type
Platforms
- Windows
