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How to make Outlook 2010 minimize when I try to close it?

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Mar 15, 2026103831 views
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When clicking the X button or ALT+F4, how can I get Outlook to minimze to the tray instead of close? Several programs have this behavior, and it's annoying that Outlook behaves different...

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Fix for: How to make Outlook 2010 minimize when I try to close it?

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I wrote a free plugin to minimize outlook instead of closing it. I only have outlook 2007 (works on 2010/2013 version as well) so that is all it has been tested with. Anyone who wants to contribute to the project is free to do so https://sourceforge.net/projects/keepoutlook/ Installation Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1 Redistributable Package 32-bit and 64-bit (both required for x64 Windows) Download KeepOutlookRunning.dll Start Outlook as Administrator (right click on it in Start Menu) G…

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