If you ever used skype on Windows 7 then you know that it is really annoying as it doesn’t minimize to tray when you click the close button. This solution seems to cause skype to crash in latest versions. If you think that makes the system tray waaaaay tooo big, on windows 7, you can remove the Action Center – “Only show notifications”. EDIT: More recent skype versions have this functionality built-in. Although that should work, skype still starts maximized. So, right click on the taskbar, properties, “Notificiation Area”-customize – “Skype – Show icon and notifications”. In this tutorial you will learn how to minimize skype to system tray when closing the window in windows 7, available for latest version of skype. It does have the capability to show you the cute little orange thinge though! But skype in the system tray can get hidden. Problem – if it was on the taskbar and you got a missed call, you could see a cute little orange thinge overlaid. So now after unticking a checkbox in Skype options, when you minimize it, it goes to the system tray and not the taskbar.

They initially argued that staying on the taskbar all the time was THE thing to do – as ordained by M$. But the first version of Skype for Windows 7 did not do that. In the good old days, Skype would minimize to the system tray (that area with the clock and volume control n stuff) and NOT take up space on the taskbar (that area with the start button and which lists all open windows).

Minimize skype to tray