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VueMinder Calendar Help - Windows Task Tray Icon

Current as of Version 5.1.1

Looking for the Pro version documentation? Click here.

Overview

When the main window is minimized or closed, VueMinder Calendar will continue to run in the background to ensure reminders for approaching events are displayed when needed. VueMinder Calendar uses minimal system resources while running in the background. CPU utilization will usually be 0%.

Task Tray Icon

An icon will be displayed in the Task Tray (or Notification Area) of the Windows taskbar.

Right clicking this icon will result in a context menu being displayed

View Calendar

• This will restore the display of the main window.
• Double-clicking the icon will do the same thing as selecting this menu option.

Desktop Calendar

• This toggles the display of the Desktop Calendar, an interactive, semi-transparent calendar that integrates into your Windows desktop background.

New Event

• This allows a new event to be quickly created without needing to first display the main window.
• After selecting this option, the Event Editor window will be displayed, where the details of the event can be defined.

Options

• This expands into a submenu of various VueMinder Calendar options and settings.

Check for Updates

• This will open the VueMinder Calendar Updater window, which will check if you're using the latest version.
• If updates are available, a summary of recent changes will be displayed and you can choose to update VueMinder Calendar to the latest version. Version updates can include minor releases with bug corrections, or major releases with new features.

VueMinder Calendar Help

• Launches a browser window to display this help documentation.

VueMinder Calendar Website

• This will open the VueMinder Calendar website, http://www.vueminder.com.

About VueMinder Calendar Lite

• This will display the About VueMinder Calendar Lite window, where you can easily upgrade to the Pro version if you'd like.

Exit

• This will fully close VueMinder Calendar. The program will no longer be running in the background if this option is selected.
• The VueMinder Calendar icon will be removed from the Task Tray.
• Any approaching events will not have reminders displayed until the next time VueMinder Calendar is launched.
• By default, VueMinder Calendar will launch at system startup. This can be disabled by removing the VueMinder Calendar shortcut from the Startup folder in your Start menu.