I found a fix for startup to system tray windows 11

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I couldn’t find a fix for FxSound not starting minimized to the system tray but I figured out a solution, so I wanted to share.

This is on WIndows 11
These are the exact steps I took.

Start computer and have FxSound open
Go to Run
type %appdata%
click the folder Fxsound
Click the file FxSound.settings and open with Notepad
Find the line
Change the 0 to 2
Go to File > Save
Exit notepad
Minimize FxSound
Right click FxSound on taskbar and close it. (It should go to system tray)
Shut down the PC (don’t reboot-Shut down.)

This worked for me. I am not computer savvy, so maybe these steps are stupid or obvious, but it worked for me. Hope this helps someone.

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run_minimized?

Parameter value may change at any time.

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Which line please?

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THIS IS ONLY AN EDIT TO IMPROVE READABILITY. THIS METHOD IS NOT A BEST PRACTICE.

Start computer and have FxSound open
Go to Run
type %appdata%
click the folder Fxsound
Click the file FxSound.settings and open with Notepad
Find the line which begins *<VALUE name=“run_minimized”
Change the existing value to 2
Go to File > Save
Exit notepad
Minimize FxSound
Right click FxSound on taskbar and close it. (It should go to system tray)
Shut down the PC (don’t reboot-Shut down.)

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Yes, sorry, not sure what happened but yes, the line that starts “run minimized”

I tested this on me main PC and laptop and it has been working for both.

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This actually worked. You fixed a 3 year old problem with such a simple fix, and free, without the use of 3rd party software!
I created an account just to say thank you so much.
Well done! It makes me wonder though, about the quality of the software and dev team. As the fix was so simple, why didn’t the devs do this three years ago?

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It’s now April 2026 and this has not worked for me. FxSound (ver 1.2.6.0 starts up with Win11 fine, but NOT minimised. Having edited and saved the settings file as per instructions above, the value value in question always returns to 0 so the app starts non minimised. It’s no great bother to minimise it but I used to have it configured to do this but can’t recall quite how I did it. Any advice appreciated. Thanks

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The close to system tray button will set run_minimized to = 1 in settings file
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<VALUE name="run_minimized" val="1"/>

The value will get reset to 0 only if the application UI is opened again.

What was the application UI state before reboot?

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Thanks for your response. Application UI state before reboot was “only showing in system tray” not running or minimised (if that makes sense) as original instructions above.

When you say:

“The value will get reset to 0 only if the application UI is opened again.”

Can you expand on that a bit more to help me understand better.

Thanks