1667160 - No way to start Thunderbird minimized, Thunderbird ignores "Minimized" option of Windows shortcut or command line "start /min thunderbird.exe"

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1679702

(Thunderbird :: OS Integration, defect, P3)

Description

[sizlor]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:81.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/81.0

Steps to reproduce:

I wanted Thunderbird to start on startup, and using the new tray feature to start the program minimized when my computer boots. I put the shortcut in the startup folder (C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup) and right-clicked properties, switching it to "minimized".

Actual results:

Thunderbird opens up maximized. This actually didn't happen initially, I'm not sure why now it doesn't work now.

Expected results:

Thunderbird should start up minimized and in the tray with my settings (I have "minimize to tray" activated). Perhaps a settings option could be implemented to make this process available to people without having to set it up like I have; maybe a checkbox that says "Start Thunderbird when Windows Starts" and then an addendum "Minimized" checkbox.

Comment 1

[mozilla.bugzilla]

Thunderbird has been ignoring Run: Minimized when started from a Windows shortcut (or the cmd start /min command) since version 68 (or perhaps earlier).

I ended up writing a small application specifically to start Thunderbird, wait for its main window to manifest and then force-minimize it, but it no longer works for me since Thunderbird 78 (or at least some version after 68), for which the master password dialog is now the de facto main window on startup (and the only thing my application now does is to minimize that dialog, which is of course completely pointless).

So yes, I can definitely confirm the issue, and I hope that Thunderbird will stop ignoring Run: Minimized, or at least add a new option "Minimize on startup".

I guess I'll have to attempt a rewrite of my application to somehow fix it, for the time being. :)

Comment 2

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

While I don't subscribe to the general attitude of this support request on SUMO, it would indeed be helpful if Thunderbird would honor the Windows shortcut and command line options for starting a program in a minimized window. That would allow users of Windows to let TB (auto-)start in the background, nice complement for our new option When Thunderbird is minimized, move it to the tray. In fact, some of the duplicates there have mentioned this already.

Comment 3

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Originally reported 8 years ago as bug 854067, which was wrongly duplicated against 208923.
I filed Bug 1679702 for a clean start with better STR.

Comment 4

[Muhammadhussein Ammari]

Isn't there a way yet?

Comment 5

[manojbaishya1995]

Is it possible to also get this behaviour on Linux? I am trying to use Sys-Tray--X to start Thunderbird on logon in minimized state to system tray, but the window opens maximized.