# Starting minimized **URL:** \ **Category:** Get Help\ **Created:** [March 17, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497 "2022-03-17T18:38:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Vulcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4af34b/32.png) [@Vulcano](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Vulcano)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/1 "2022-03-17T18:38:45Z")
Hello Community, since the last patch FXSound no longer opens minimized but always in the foreground. Is there a way to start FxSounds minimized when starting Windows? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![wanderlei](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/wanderlei/32/16_2.png) [@wanderlei](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/wanderlei)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 8:08pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/2 "2022-03-19T20:08:29Z")
Hello I was looking for a topic for suggesting this option to FxSound. It’s boring have to minimize every time that we turn on computer. Best regards ---
**Author:** ![Vulcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4af34b/32.png) [@Vulcano](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Vulcano)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2022, 12:15pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/3 "2022-03-24T12:15:45Z")
It looks like there is no support anymore. So I will have to switch back to my old paid version. ---
**Author:** ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2022, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/4 "2022-03-25T15:28:58Z")
Recommend you post here. > [@New "Mini-Mode" (Condensed View) User Interface](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/new-mini-mode-condensed-view-user-interface/33): > > Maybe something that’s much smaller and includes the Visualizer. What do you guys think of the current condensed view? We get some feedback that our user interface is too big. ---
**Author:** ![james](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/james/32/2294_2.png) [@james](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/james)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/5 "2022-03-26T17:18:50Z")
Do you have FxSound in the foreground when turning off your PC? FxSound should be remembering the last state the app was in on startup. ---
**Author:** ![Vulcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4af34b/32.png) [@Vulcano](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Vulcano)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2022, 8:31pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/6 "2022-03-26T20:31:33Z")
Nope, its minimized in tray. It always loads in the front after starting my PC. But it is only like this after the last patch. Before that it started minimized as i wished. ---
**Author:** ![wanderlei](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/wanderlei/32/16_2.png) [@wanderlei](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/wanderlei)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 10:35am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/7 "2022-03-30T10:35:35Z")
Hello James! I have the same behavior! Always when I turn on my computer the FxSound starts and open the main window in the Desktop. ---
**Author:** ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/8 "2022-03-30T14:55:59Z")
Forgive me, but issues like these are the reason the meme “First World Problems” was invented. ---
**Author:** ![Vulcano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/4af34b/32.png) [@Vulcano](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Vulcano)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/9 "2022-03-30T17:00:13Z")
Not when it worked first and then all of a sudden it doesn’t and apparently you’re not even aware of it and can’t identify the “behavior”. But…i forgive you… ---
**Author:** ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 6:47pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/10 "2022-03-30T18:47:34Z")
> [@Vulcano](#): > > since the last patch Perhaps there’s a way to revert to the previous patch? ---
**Author:** ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2022, 9:03pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/11 "2022-03-30T21:03:33Z")
If two clicks solve your problem, every time, then why even call it a problem? If the program works? Frankly, I’d call that nitpicking, and an issue like that, would be low on my to-do-list. Really, have you seen this world? You wouldn’t believe the absolute mess some people - _a lot_ of people - have to live in day in, day out… I digress. ---
**Author:** ![james](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/james/32/2294_2.png) [@james](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/james)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2022, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/12 "2022-04-04T19:05:44Z")
We’ll mark this as a potential bug to look into once we knock out a few other updates we have planned. ---
**Author:** ![PLEASE\_DELETE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/dec6dc/32.png) [@PLEASE\_DELETE](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/PLEASE_DELETE)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2022, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/13 "2022-04-26T19:39:27Z")
I remember this as an issue from earlier days of FxSound, but currently i am having no issues with that anymore and i installed FxSound now on all our systems running Windows 10 Pro 21H2 x64 (latest) and Windows 11 Pro 21H2 x64 (latest). However, there are tools and such to make applications stay in the front even when they do not have a setting like that on their own. But it does not sound like that since they say “it worked before (under same conditions?)”. In the past, a clean installation and installing again helped in some cases when i was supporting friends which this issue. ---
**Author:** ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2022, 7:13am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/14 "2022-04-29T07:13:57Z")
Hello @wanderlei and @Vulcano; User @Gabriel has proposed a simple solution to your problem in this thread: > [@How to minimize FxSound to the system tray](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/how-to-minimize-fxsound-to-the-system-tray/739): > > In the latest version of the program it is not possible to minimize it to the system tray. The program always ends up getting in the foreground and it is always necessary to minimize manually (What over time can end up being something boring). So to solve this problem I found a solution. A program that is able to minimize any system window to the tray called [4t Tray Minimizer](https://www.4t-niagara.com/tray.html). An easy to install, lightweight, useful and malware free program. [tray\_screen\_small] Check out his analysis on [Virus …](https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/83a98299d004ca3c322df167a5d35c377e92d1ee8aea94bf15b07cff4176913d) ---
**Author:** ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2022, 8:22pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/15 "2022-07-08T20:22:57Z")
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**Author:** ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/16 "2023-03-01T17:44:48Z")
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**Author:** ![doolhoofd](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/forum.fxsound.com/doolhoofd/32/1131_2.png) [@doolhoofd](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/doolhoofd)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 5:47pm UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/17 "2023-03-01T17:47:25Z")
> [@Starting minimized - issue still there](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized-issue-still-there/1714/1): > > Since [Starting minimized](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497) was closed I still face the same problem. would be great to get an update since installing another app (which is not free) isnt a real solutions. appreciate it @james & @bvijay: Users are still having the same old issue with full-sized startup, and asking for a fix… ---
**Author:** ![Antman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Antman](https://forum.fxsound.com/u/Antman)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2023, 3:06am UTC](https://forum.fxsound.com/t/starting-minimized/497/18 "2023-04-21T03:06:17Z")
I do not use the app version. I run 1.1.16 from the startuo folder. The link is set to open ‘normal window’. My last saved state is minimized. Win11, Skylake & Coffee Lake. I do not experience the reported phenomenon. FX opens in the system tray as expected.