Maxi/minimizing active applications in system tray

Question

This is a little hard to explain, so I'll try with an example. I have a lot of always active applications that have the feature which enables them to be minimized to system tray. Double click / or single click to restore them, and down there again they go.

So I spend a lot of time double/single clicking.

Is it possible, and how would one go about it, to define an for example AHK shortcut for minimizing/restoring back again those applications (where every app. would have its own shortcut, of course)?

Of course, all other approaches are equally welcomed.

Answer 1

If running the application's executable again unminimizes it, making an AHK hotkey is trivial - otherwise it'd take a little more work.

Answer 2

If the app will move itself to system tray when minimised, you can use this;

#SingleInstance Force
SetTitleMatchMode 2 ;match window if title contains keyword

^q:: ;ctrl+q to maximise
WinActivate Winamp ;replace with a word in your application title
return

!w:: ;alt+w to minimise
WinMinimize Winamp
return