Pressing the red X minimizes instead of closing

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c2walter
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Pressing the red X minimizes instead of closing

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The title says it all.

Not sure if this is a "feature" or if I set a wrong parameter somewhere.

Elaboration and assistance would be appreciated.

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That is of course not standard behaviour for Total Commander.

The problem must be caused by some third-party applikation. Do you have any tweaks like TwinKey installed?
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2c2walter
Remove "MinimizeOnClose=1" from your wincmd.ini. There might be other numbers after the '=', remove it anyway.
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"MinimizeOnClose
Ahh - forgot about this one - never used it myself :oops:
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Post by *karlchen »

Hi, folks.

To refresh (y)our memories: This feature has been implemented on longtime user requests in Total Commander 7.56:
history.txt wrote:03.11.10 Added: wincmd.ini [Configuration] MinimizeOnClose: Minimize main window instead of closing it 1: when clicking on [X] button, 2: On Alt+F4, 3: both (note: Hold down shift when clicking on [X] to force close)
19.11.10 Added: MinimizeOnClose=4: Minimize TC also when clicking on button "Alt+F4 Exit" in lower right corner
totalcmd.chm 4.b wincmd.ini wrote:MinimizeOnClose=0 Minimize main window instead of closing it. Sum of:
1: when clicking on [X] button
2: On Alt+F4 keyboard shortcut
4: Click on function key button "Alt+F4 Exit"
Note: Shift key forces close
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Post by *c2walter »

Thank you all.
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