Issue 9 Closing a Window by Ellis Bush Jr. Author About Email One of the nice things about the Windows environment is it's ability to manage multiple activities.
Several applications can run simultaneously and it is easy to move from one to another.
Two of the many options available for each window are to either close the window, or to minimize it. In many ways, the outward appearance of these two options is very similar. Whether you close or minimize a window, it goes away from your current view and focus of attention. But in actuality, these functions are very different. When you minimize a window, you are really just putting it on hold.