LabVIEW executable does not allow the end user to minimize the window while it runs

Issue Details

• I have customized the Window Appearance settings of my VI Properties and I have built my application. However, the executable does not allow the end user to minimize the window while it runs.
• I have the default setting under the Window Appearance of my VI Properties but the executable does not allow the end user to minimize the window while it is running.

Solution

If you have selected the Modal setting in the Window Behavior property from the Window Appearance properties of your VI, the minimize button will be disabled. This is an expected behavior as the Modal property makes the operating system ignore all settings for the Close, Minimize, and Maximize window buttons. Please visit Front Panel Window:Behavior Property  for more information.
 
To change this property, open your VI and go to File>>VI Properties. Select the Window Appearance category. You should have selected Custom if you changed each setting of this category, if so click on Customize… Under the Window Behavior property, select Default instead of Modal.


 
If you have not customized your VI window or you have not selected the Modal property, you could have programmed your VI properties in the Block Diagram to select the Modal option of the Window Behavior from the Window Appearance properties as explained in Forcing a SubVI Front Panel to Stay in Front of Other Panels using Property Nodes. If you have programmatically set your VI properties, verify that the Modal property is not used. If it is selected, either change the setting to Default or delete the portion of the code that sets the Modal property.
 
For example, as a test, you can see an executable running before removing the Modal property and after changing it.