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Task Manager in Startup?
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1. Navigate to %SystemRoot%\System32\Taskmgr.exe.
2. Right click and create a shortcut.
3. Move it to your Startup folder.
4. Right click the shortcut and choose Properties.
5. Set it to start Minimized.
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2. Right click and create a shortcut.
3. Move it to your Startup folder.
4. Right click the shortcut and choose Properties.
5. Set it to start Minimized.
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i dont know of a registry setting that can do this. If you enable this option and tell people to select "hide when minimized" once, it will keep that setting and startup how you want.
Also - if you want this for all users and not just the current, you could create a regfile that creates a new reg_sz value in HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\current version\run called "TaskManager". For the properties, enter:
"c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe" /c "start" /min c:\winnt\system32\taskmgr.exe
..this also works on XP if you just change the word winnt in the path to windows instead. After thinking about it - this is the better way to do it in my opinion. If i find how to hide when minimized in the registry - i'll let you know, but i really dont think it's possible.
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Also - if you want this for all users and not just the current, you could create a regfile that creates a new reg_sz value in HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\current version\run called "TaskManager". For the properties, enter:
"c:\winnt\system32\cmd.exe" /c "start" /min c:\winnt\system32\taskmgr.exe
..this also works on XP if you just change the word winnt in the path to windows instead. After thinking about it - this is the better way to do it in my opinion. If i find how to hide when minimized in the registry - i'll let you know, but i really dont think it's possible.
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as i said - you must manually select the "hide when minimized" option from within task manager the first time it starts up. From then on - it will act as you want whether you start it with a shortcut, registry, login script, etc.
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