Iconic Tray is a tiny Utilitaire which lets you minimize any window either to the Système tray (notification area in Windows XP), or to a special new tray provided by Iconic Tray itself (see image). Whichever method you choose - bye bye those clogged up taskbars!
Iconic Tray is very useful to hide seldom used or background applications which occupy your taskbar and hinder quick switching among those you use most often. Moreover, minimized applications use less processor time and memory - your Système performance may even increase!
Minimizing to the Iconic Tray and/or the Système tray is easy: simply right-click (or middle-click) on the window's "Minimize" button. Anytime you want to view the minimized windows, just open the Iconic Tray icon to see a menu list - click on a window in the list and it's back on screen again. It really is that easy. Of course, if you had chosen to minimize to the Système tray, just restore your window as you would any other tray icon.
As small as it is, Iconic Tray will do this job admirably - and what's more, it's simple to configure too. The icon for Iconic Tray can appear either as a small button next to the Système tray, or as an icon in the Système tray itself. The preferences dialog allows you to change all the default settings, plus, you can define Système wide hotkeys to carry out all the functions mentioned above.