1. A method of managing a computer display system having a graphic pointing device, a plurality of simultaneously active software applications displayed therein and one or more common user dialogs which are displayable within separate windows within said computer display system and wherein each common user dialog may be displayed in association with multiple ones of said plurality of simultaneously active software applications, said method comprising the steps of: creating a unique miniature graphic representation for each of said plurality of software applications; displaying said unique miniature graphic representation for a selected software application within a window display of a common user dialog displayed in association with said selected software application in response to a displaying of said common user dialog wherein a user may readily determine which selected software application is associated with said displayed common user dialog upon reference to said unique miniature graphic representation; and displaying a graphic identification of said selected software application in response to a selection of said unique miniature graphic representation utilizing said graphic pointing device.
2. A method for managing a computer display system according to claim 1, wherein said step of displaying a unique miniature graphic representation for a selected software application within a window display of a common user dialog displayed in association with said selected software application in response to a displaying of said common user dialog comprises the step of displaying said miniature graphic representation in a normally unused area of said window display.