- launch boinc manager
- minimize it by clicking on taskbar button
- right click on boinc manager in taskbar and choose close window
- boinc manager exits completely along with computation
However if you skip second step, it does not exit completely and stays in tray

Finally reproduced this annoying inconsistent problem. This exits BOINC when I don't want it to exit, and just want to manager to go away in tray.
7.0.64 x64, Win8 x64

As a workaround, perhaps you can alleviate the effect by changing the BOINC manager exit options to not stop the client and applications when the manager exits.

Gruß
Gundolf

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Computer sind nicht alles im Leben. (Kleiner Scherz)

Yes, because the thing that you have there is a Windows function.

Closing the program will close the program, not move its shortcut/icon elsewhere. Windows does this to every program that minimizes to the task bar. The only programs staying open are those that minimize to the system tray only.

So, exit BOINC:
Advanced view->File->Exit,
Right-click BOINC icon->Exit,
in the exit dialog,

Uncheck Stop running tasks when exiting the BOINC Manager.
Click OK.

When you don't have this dialog, Tools->Options,

Uncheck Enable Manager exit dialog? and click OK.

When you next exit BOINC Manager, this exit dialog comes up. It will not come up when you again do Close program.

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I see.
You're saying that windows does that to every program, but I don't see this behavior in any other program other than BOINC manager: QIP, Google Talk, Steam, Lingvo, AMD Control Center - that's all of my programs with notification area presence and none of them exit completely when I close their minimized main window.
I prefer to keep manager in tray when tasks are running due to simple analogy: if it's there - it is running, if it's not - it's not. I don't want to open task manager to see if it's still there.

You're right about (some of) the other programs behaviour. I have forwarded your complaint to the developers.

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