Auto starting iTunes - minimized to system tray.

Is there a way to have iTunes startup in the system tray? I have a business process using Video iPods where my clients have asked about this capability. There are a number of 'internal' podcasts that our sales force subscribes to and having iTunes start in the system tray allows this process to work background rather than 'in your face'.
<I've tried putting it in the startup group minimized, but it has no effect>.
Thanks for your help.

Yes. In itunes, edit/preferences/advanced. Check the boxes "show itunes in system tray" and "minimize itunes window to system tray".
Then, drag the itunes shortcut to the startup folder in the start menu. Right click the new shortcut in the startup folder and select properties, then the shortcut tab. In the "run" drop list select "minimized". Itunes will open when your computer starts and minimize to the system tray.

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Cool!
However, I'm having a small issue with the script... I copied and pasted, and had to do some small editing to make it run right. Now it's running, but then after iTunes comes up, I get an error box that says:
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