Add option to start Thunderbird on minimized system startup

[francs97]

I would like an option to be able to start #Thunderbird at system startup already minimized or a mode that sends notifications even if the program is closed (kind of like Windows Mail does

[shunf4]

I've half-vibe-coded a tool that injects, hooks (ShowWindow()) and starts Thunderbird Mail x64 for Windows in minimized mode.

https://github.com/shunf4/tb_win_min_launch

[shunf4]

I've half-vibe-coded a tool that injects, hooks (ShowWindow()) and starts Thunderbird Mail x64 for Windows in minimized mode.

https://github.com/shunf4/tb_win_min_launch

[nganh]

Yes please! I know Thunderbird is great as an email client but honestly this is a very basic feature.

[Alfriedo]

It is announced to be released with the 154 update on windows.

[Alfriedo]

It is announced to be released as feature in the 154 update.

[wsm]

> It is announced to be released with the 154 update on windows.

Correct. For Windows, this will be delivered via Bug 2044250 - Replace Windows "minimize to tray" with "close to tray", add start in tray.  Version 154 will ship toward end of August.

Good news for other OS, there is some work in progress.  But not possible at this time to predict when that will be available.

[DRH]

As far as i'm concerned the whole point was to be able to have an option to have TB start with Windows automatically and start minimized (my personal preference would be to have TB start minimized to the task bar and not to the tray). The changes made to TB concerning the tray in version 154 do nothing to achieve this and are largely irrelevant. I still have to use an addon to get TB to start automatically with Windows mimimized. Very very disappointing.

[wsm]

Work is ongoing to improve this area. It's not going to be accomplished in one shot, or one quarter of development.