That is really strange. The only way I get that effect of not minimizing to the tray is if ShowInTaskBar is set to false. If you ahve it set to true, it whould minimize properly.
I would suggest creating a new form and copying all your code and objects to the new form. It may be that you made a setting change somewhere. Craig, mailto:sander@cogeco.ca
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