Hi, I am using Win2K Pro with office2K Pro. How can I minimize the MS Outlook2000 icon to the system tray rather than to the windows taskbar? I searched the net and found a tip that was applicable to Outlook2002 but not for Outlook2000. I tried using it but it didn't work. does anyone know an alternative way out? any help will be greatly appreciated.

I recommend the program PowerMenu. It adds options to the context menu when you right click a program's title bar (or task bar entry). Also, make sure to look at the command line options. Feel free to post back if you need help configuring PowerMenu how you want.

hi CyberSlug, thax pal, the tool is really cool. any help will be greatly appreciated. also I have an off-topic question for you do u know of a good free webhost that has minimum ads/popups and offers free FTP suport?

1) Here's some general PowerMenu info: Hmm... I couldn't get all the command line parameters to work on my current computer. Anyway, I have a shortcut to PowerMenu in my Startup folder (which is in the Programs folder in the Start Menu). "C:\Program Files\YourInstallFolder\PowerMenu.exe" -hideself on -disable priority This prevents PowerMenu from showing it's own icon in the tray, and it prevents PowerMenu from showing "Priority" on the right-click menu. According to the documentation, you should be able to have Outlook minimize to the tray when you click the minimze button by using the following: "C:\Program Files\YourInstallFolder\PowerMenu.exe" -hideself on -disable priority -minimized on "Outlook" However, PowerMenu failed to launch with that shortcut target??? I had to manually right-click Outlook's titlebar in order to send it to the tray. Another note: You must close PowerMenu before you start a new instance of it (if you modify its command line). If you use the hideself option, then you need to bring up the Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc) and kill the PowerMenu.exe process. Gosh this is a long post. 2) I've never used any webhosts, so I don't know. Search the forum archives here, or post that question to a new thread.

thanks a lot pal :)