Press Record.

Found this via a SageTV forum while trying to find PC controls for a Motorola cable box to be used over a serial IR Blaster. Girder first came to mind, but I cant figure out how profiles blug in and whether it requires exclusive control of the device. Brain hurt.
From the BettaSoft Website
"Reclaim Control
Losing control of your desktop? Try TrayThis. TrayThis was designed to put control of your desktop back where it belongs, in your hands. With TrayThis, you now have ultimate control over how applications use, or in many cases abuse, the Windows taskbar and the taskbar notification area, also known as the system tray.

Using rules you define, TrayThis can control a running application's window(s) and/or notification icon(s). Rules define the action to be taken, when to take the action, and which window or notification icon the action should be taken upon. For example, you can define a rule that will put your e-mail application (e.g. Mozilla Thunderbird) in the taskbar notification area when you minimize it. -$10 worth it?