>how can i run a application minimized?
>

Imn your CONFIG.FPW, add the line:

SCREEN=OFF

this will completely hide the main VFP screen, to the point that it does not have even a taskbar presense. TO display it minimized, add the following to your main line program:

WITH _SCREEN
  .LockScreen = .T.
  .WindowState = 1
  .MaxButton = .F.
  .MinButton = .F.
  .Width = 0
  .Height = 0
  .Visible = .T.
  .LockScreen = .F.
ENDWITH

This should force the VFP main screen to remain minimized at all times, with a taskbar presense, and you can still access the pop-up menu by right-clicking on the taskbar icon (ie you can get to the Close option with similar results to clicking on the Close icon in the upper right corner of a form). Adding .ControlBox = .F. disallows even the context menu from being fired.