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No minimize on right-click icon menu?

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Zootal

Flightless Bird
I just noticed that when I right click an icon on the taskbar, the pop menu
does not have an option for minimize. Was this removed from Win7, or is
there something I can do to bring it back?
 
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Roy Smith

Flightless Bird
On 2/24/2010 11:19 PM, Zootal wrote:
> I just noticed that when I right click an icon on the taskbar, the pop menu
> does not have an option for minimize. Was this removed from Win7, or is
> there something I can do to bring it back?


Instead of right-clicking, left-click on the icon to minimize the
associated program window.

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Roy Smith
Windows 7 Home Premium

Timestamp: Thursday, February 25, 2010 11:50:09 AM
 
Z

Zootal

Flightless Bird
Roy Smith <rasmith1959@live.com> wrote in
news:hm6d8l$cqe$2@news.eternal-september.org:

> On 2/24/2010 11:19 PM, Zootal wrote:
>> I just noticed that when I right click an icon on the taskbar, the
>> pop menu does not have an option for minimize. Was this removed from
>> Win7, or is there something I can do to bring it back?

>
> Instead of right-clicking, left-click on the icon to minimize the
> associated program window.
>


Doesn't always work. That is why minimize used to be in the pop up menu.
Well, one of the reasons. But this doesn't answer my questions - was it
removed intentionally, and is there a way to get it back?

The answer to the second question is to shift-right-click the icon on the
taskbar. This brings up the "classic context menu". Yet another thing that
Microsoft changed that didn't need changing.
 
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