Is outlook express always supposed to be a minimized window?

Question

I just started using microsoft outlook express, and I have it configured correctly so i get an alert when i receive an email, but when I close the main window, the program seems to shut down, so to get these alerts, do I have to just minimize the window, and have it always showing at the bottom? I was kinda hoping the program would just run in the background or in the taskbar and just pop up when i have an email. Just want to get rid of that minimized window at the bottom.

Answer 1

Unfortunately outlook doesn't run in the background if you close it.

Fortunately there is a free app that lets you minimize outlook(and not only) to an icon in system tray, instead of the taskbar.

Here's the link: http://www.4t-niagara.com/tray.html

Answer 2

No, it isn't. Outlook tutor become area of homestead windows variations as a lot as and such as XP. It can't be extracted and put in as an self reliant software. Microsoft's nearest present day equivalent is a software observed as homestead windows stay Mail. this isn't area of homestead windows 7, although many workstation manufacturers contain it. you may receive and set up a duplicate in case you do not have already got it.