active captions is a handy utility that extends window's caption buttons with additional features. right mouse button click on minimize button minimizes the window into the system tray. click with right mouse button on window's maximize/restore button to roll-up window to its title bar. to make your windows stay on top of all other windows just click on close button with your right mouse button . you can also assign hotkey (including windows key) for these extended windows features. active captions supports multilingual interfaces. system tray notification area has appeared since the first version of windows 95. it is located in the taskbar (near the system clock). many programs use system tray to provide fast access to their functions and display their current status. system tray the easy to use and provides fast access (unlike the desktop which space is obscured by other applications ). so much programs don't have the "minimize to tray" feature. active captions provides an excellent and smart solution for these applications . using active caption you can assign "minimize to tray" function to window's minimize button while right mouse button click.