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RBTray VS Cairo Shell

Compare RBTray VS Cairo Shell and see what are their differences

RBTray logo RBTray

Allows almost any program to be minimized to the system tray by right clicking its minimize button.

Cairo Shell logo Cairo Shell

Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows.
  • RBTray Landing page
    Landing page //
    2018-11-29
  • Cairo Shell Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-19

RBTray videos

Easily send apps to the tray with RBTray

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  • Review - Vensters naar het systeemvak met RBTray

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to RBTray and Cairo Shell)
Image Optimisation
56 56%
44% 44
Window Manager
100 100%
0% 0
Note Taking
52 52%
48% 48
OS & Utilities
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Cairo Shell seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

RBTray mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of RBTray yet. Tracking of RBTray recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Cairo Shell mentions (2)

  • Microsoft is turning Windows 11's Start Menu into an advertisement delivery system
    Back when I was an edgy teenager I tried every Windows desktop shell replacement available. My favorites were LiteStep and Emerge Desktop. I was there when Cairo Shell first emerged but has never tried a working version since I moved to other OSes before any usable version was out. I am now using Windows for work and I think it’s time to revisit these options. Source: over 1 year ago
  • My first personal server
    Hyper-V Server 2019 gets my vote, with the Cairo Desktop it's a near unbeatable setup. Add the FoD pack, browser of your choice, Windows Admin Center for local management of the entire system including virtualized guests. It's a very robust enterprise grade server that requires NO LICENSE and ends up having a very nice GUI for a core server. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing RBTray and Cairo Shell, you can also consider the following products

4t Tray Minimizer - 4t Tray Minimizer Free/Pro - Minimize Outlook, Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and any other applications to the system tray!

bug.n - Provide views (i. e. virtual desktops) for showing only those windows, which you need to do your work..

SmartSystemMenu - SmartSystemMenu extends system menu of all windows in the system

VirtuaWin - VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called 'workspaces').

Minime - Minime is a tool that allows you to minimize applications to the system tray using a simple hotkey.

WindowBlinds - WindowBlinds is a computer program that allows users to skin the Windows graphical user interface.