Are you tired of having hundreds of windows opened, cluttering your task bar? Have you had bad experiences with other programs that claim to minimize programs to the taskbar – yup we know they just create hundreds of system tray icons then!

One is definately not better than the other. Enter MiniMe. The minimizer that creates a single system tray icon!

This is awesome for those of you that want that “Clean” look and feel even though you are running a gagillion apps.

This tiny minimize to tray freeware download is written in AutoIT and also has the source code available here.

The logic behind this application is simple. You set a hot key to minimize all programs to your system tray. I choose Windows+A as you can see below:

Now when I want to banish an app away from my task bar and alt-tab switching I hit Windows+A. And BAM just like that it’s gone. After going a little Windows+A crazy I minimized a bunch of apps as you can see here:

You can bring any of them back from this menu or you can hit Show all to umm well show all of your hidden apps! This is a straight forward app with no hidden functionality – it simply does exactly what it is supposed to do… AND WELL!

Do you use something else to minimize your applications? Something a little more un-conventional? Let us know in the comments… It just might get you a little Christmas Present