Having "hide when minimized" selected, normally I can expect that the
task manager appear in the system tray after minimization. But two days
ago I found that it simply disappeared after minimization. It can't be
found in either task bar or system tray after minimization. My sys is
XP home sp2.
Thanks for helping.

Hi,

Check taskbar and start menu properties. On the taskbar tab, click on the
"customize" button near the bottom. Locate the Windows Task Manager in the
past items area and select it. Change the dropdown to always show this icon.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

"Alien" <MatrixV@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136174658.935636.216420@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Having "hide when minimized" selected, normally I can expect that the
> task manager appear in the system tray after minimization. But two days
> ago I found that it simply disappeared after minimization. It can't be
> found in either task bar or system tray after minimization. My sys is
> XP home sp2.
> Thanks for helping.
>

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Check taskbar and start menu properties. On the taskbar tab, click on the
> "customize" button near the bottom. Locate the Windows Task Manager in the
> past items area and select it. Change the dropdown to always show this icon.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zoneun
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Alien" <MatrixV@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1136174658.935636.216420@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > Having "hide when minimized" selected, normally I can expect that the
> > task manager appear in the system tray after minimization. But two days
> > ago I found that it simply disappeared after minimization. It can't be
> > found in either task bar or system tray after minimization. My sys is
> > XP home sp2.
> > Thanks for helping.
> >
Yes, you said it!
In fact that's a bug, I think, because I unchecked "hide when
inactive".
To do as you said, I checked that box, then unchecked it again.

Rick "Nutcase" Rogers wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Check taskbar and start menu properties. On the taskbar tab, click on the
> "customize" button near the bottom. Locate the Windows Task Manager in the
> past items area and select it. Change the dropdown to always show this icon.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Alien" <MatrixV@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1136174658.935636.216420@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> > Having "hide when minimized" selected, normally I can expect that the
> > task manager appear in the system tray after minimization. But two days
> > ago I found that it simply disappeared after minimization. It can't be
> > found in either task bar or system tray after minimization. My sys is
> > XP home sp2.
> > Thanks for helping.
> >

Unfortunately, I found that this solution is not stable. Sometimes it
works, but sometimes it doesn't.