how to put form on windows taskbar in C#?

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In C# I need to make something like this:

Any idea how to do that + autohide it with taskbar? It should work like older versions of WMP.

Do want to hide it from the taskbar and display a notification icon? Or do you want to put your taskbar-icon to the right, next to the notification area? — ChrisK, Nov 26 '13 at 21:09
do you mean `DeskBand` objects? have a look here http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2219/Extending-Explorer-with-Band-Objects-using-NET-and — sa_ddam213, Nov 26 '13 at 21:20

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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You have to create a Desk Band, which is a COM object implementing the interfaces IDeskBand,IObjectWithSite and IPersistStream and some others depending on the behavior you want (such as IInputObject if you want user input). This is a good starting point on the msdn and here's a CodeProject article about it. This answer on StackOverflow might also be worth looking at.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:30

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answered Nov 26 '13 at 21:14

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 26 '13 at 21:14

I found this on CodeProject but the code dates back to 2002: http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/2219/Extending-Explorer-with-Band-Objects-using-NET-and

You might consider using the Windows 7/8 preview function when you hover over your taskbar icon however:
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/WindowsAPICodePack

Look in Samples\Shell\ThumbnailToolbarDemo for a sample demonstrating the ThumbnailToolbar as seen in newer Windows Media Player.

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