Thanks. I don't grasp the connection between the meaning of "Minimize On
Use" and of "Task Manager is minimized when a SwitchTo operation is
performed", really, but thanks.
Regards,
John
"Jon" wrote:
> "John Ashmun" <.(nospam)> wrote in message
> news:54CBFFA5-2CB3-434B-9DFF-...
> > In the Vista Task Manager Options menu, there's a checkable option
> > "Minimize
> > On Use".
> >
> > I don't know what this option does, but that's not my question. My
> > question
> > is, why, when I search Help using "Minimize On Use", do I not get anything
> > pertinent to the actual phrase presented in the Options menu?
>
>
> If you hover your mouse over the option in the menu, then it tells you what
> it does in the status bar.
> ie 'Task Manager is minimized when a SwitchTo operation is performed'
>
> Or in other words if you click Switch To on the File menu, then Task Manager
> gets minimized when you switch to another application.
>
> I would suspect that it's not covered in the Help documentation either
> because the status bar message is considered to be sufficient, or because
> the feature is considered to be a less important and less used option. Help
> is by no means fully comprehensive in any area of Vista, but it generally
> covers the main aspects. It would be a mammoth task to document every minute
> feature of every aspect of Vista. There are also books, newsgroups (such as
> this one) and other available documentation (eg msdn) that provide more
> in-depth discussion on particular features.
>
> --
> Jon
>
>
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