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Icon Corral 2.0
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The Icon Corral allows you to prevent specific programs from
adding entries to the taskbar. This is good for reducing
taskbar clutter caused by programs such as Schedule+, PPP dialer,
perfmon, clock, e-mail notify, iconbar, etc. Icon Corral optionally
uses taskbar notification area icons (you know, those ones
by the clock) to hold minimized windows without taskbar entries.
New features in 2.0:
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+ Even non-minimized programs can have their taskbar entry hidden
+ You can now hide by executable name
+ You can configure the taskbar behavior of an executable by a new
tab on its property page
+ You can drag and drop shortcuts and exe's to the iconcorral setup dialog
+ Notify icons are updated periodically
+ You can choose to give each minimized entry its own notify icon or not
+ There is now a setup and uninstall program
Setup
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If you are upgrading from an older version of Icon Corral or a beta of
2.0 without uninstall, you should first do a manual uninstall:
+ delete the shortcut in Startup, if you have one there
+ remove IconCorl.exe (optional)
+ if you're upgrading from a beta of 2.0, remove taskhide.dll
You do not need to worry about cleaning up .ini files or the registry.
To install 2.0, run setup.exe from the distribution files. Setup will by default
install The Icon Corral into your 'Program Files' directory, and it will
automatically create a shortcut to Icon Corral in your startup group.
Once The Icon Corral is installed, you can delete all distribution files.
To uninstall The Icon Corral, use the Add/Remove Programs control panel
applet.
Usage
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Once Icon Corral is installed and running, there are several ways
to configure the taskbar behavior. The coolest way is to invoke the
property page for an executable: Icon Corral 2.0 adds a new property
sheet called 'Taskbar' that lets you configure an exe's taskbar behavior.
You can also configure the Icon Corral off the context menu of any of
Icon Corral's notify icons. This brings up the global configuration
dialog which lets you add, remove, edit, and drag-and-drop entries.
Configuration, either way it is done, is fairly similar.
A series of checkboxes and radio buttons let you choose what you
want hidden (an executable or window) and how (always or just when
minimized), and whether or not the entry will get its own notify
icon when minimized. If you choose to hide by window title, you can even
use wildcards (*) in this specification. There is also an option
for overriding the default taskbar notification icon.
Dragging executables and/or shortcuts to the global setup dialog
creates default specs that can easily be edited.
When Icon Corral finds any taskbar entry that meets spec, it will
remove it from the taskbar and add a new notify icon if approprate.
Left-clicking on a notify icon will restore the corresponding
program. Right-clicking allows you to do the normal context menu
stuff plus it will let you configure/exit the Icon Corral, and restore
any completely hidden programs (that is, those minimized without their
own notify icons). When Icon Corral isn't showing any custom notify
icons it shows its own icon.
Bonus: Icon Corral adds 'Disconnect' to Win95 PPP Dialer's context menu.
Notes
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+ The minimized programs dissapear from the ALT+TAB chain, maximized
ones do not.
+ Icon Corral does not restore taskbar entries for non-minimized
programs when it exits. To remedy, simply minimize and restore
the window in question.
+ Some executables are not what you'd expect. For example pbrush.exe
in c:/windows really just loads paint.exe elsewhere on the system.
PPP dialer is half explorer.exe and half rnaapp.exe
+ The mouse pointer may move over that Start button while loading (yes,
I'm working on a fix)
Registration
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Please register this product if you decide to keep it. Your support
will help make future versions and other products possible. Send $5 to:
Eric Askilsrud
14322 148th PL SE
Renton, WA 98059
-Eric Askilsrud
erask@cs.washington.edu