Can the Trainz screen be minimized?

[whyfly]

I would like to be able to minimize the Trainz screen so I can go to the Windows desktop, then return to Trainz without shutting down Trainz and starting over every time. I tried the FAQs, but no luck. Is it possible to minimize the Trainz screen? Thanks in advance for your help.

Art

 

[transitguard]

Try alt+tab.

 

[rjhowie]

And another alternative is to press the Windows key next to the Ctrl key and you come out of Trainz to the desktop. It minimises to the bottom bar and then just press Trainz and it comes back.

 

[sfrr]

If you run trainz minimized and do other things, your computer will run slow, and usually when I do it, trainz will open itself back up.

Best regards,
Mike

 

[whyfly]

Thanks, rjhowie2. Your suggestion works great!

Art

 

[nbrettoner]

I tend to use the "Windows" key mostly. Very handy when grabbing screen-shots with the "Print Screen/SysRq" key.

I take a screen-shot in Surveyor, hit the 'windows' key,
have IrfanView set up on the quickstart bar (at the bottom of the desktop screen),
once IrfanView fires up, I go "Control V" to paste the screen-grab into IrfanView,
where I then save & name it, to wherever I want.

Why IrfanView?. It does everything (& more) that I want, & uses very little processing resources.

I could use a program-switching utility like "TaskSwitchXP", but find for me
it's just as easy to simply use the "Print Screen" & "windows" keys.

There's also other utility programs that let you take screengrabs & batch-save them to a folder.
But I like to process them as I go, rather than later.

:wave:

 

[specter1065]

Greetings....

Howdy from the high deserts of new mexico....im sort of new to Trainz and would like to communicate with other enthusiasts...any way...im in the process of building the Cumbres & Toltec railroad and need a "Beta Tester"...but im not sure how to upload this Map...if you help me i will put your name as a co-producer...are you game?...trust is hard to do in these times but im willing to give it a go...my e-mail adress is specter1065@yahoo.com any help is appreciated...
"All Aboard!!!"

 

[Captain_Collins]

Howdy from the high deserts of new mexico....im sort of new to Trainz and would like to communicate with other enthusiasts...any way...im in the process of building the Cumbres & Toltec railroad and need a "Beta Tester"...but im not sure how to upload this Map...if you help me i will put your name as a co-producer...are you game?...trust is hard to do in these times but im willing to give it a go...my e-mail adress is specter1065@yahoo.com any help is appreciated...
"All Aboard!!!"

I would recommend that you remove your email address from your post as there are loads of bots that scan the web for email addresses and spam people. If you need to be contacted there are options in your public profile to do it.

 

[Red_Rattler]

just press the minus button on top of your window scree - and yes sory about my typing, but i havea sore eye at the momnent.

 

[JRT]

press the window key.