How to disable the minimize button in C#?

Question

In my application I need to temporarily gray out the minimize button of the main form. Any ideas how this can be achieved? I don\'t mind doing p/invokes to Win32 dlls.

Answer 1

Put this code in your form's Resize event:

if (this.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)
{
    this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;
}

This will make your form un-minimizable (DISCLAIMER: I do not advocate altering the standard behavior of windows in this way).