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The system tray (or "systray") is a part of Microsoft Windows taskbar that is used to display some programs and notifications.

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Can I re-gain a systray icon of a running app that has gone missing?

Since I've finally got an answer for this question: Can you send a signal to windows explorer to make it refresh the systray icons, that asks about getting rid of dead systray icons, I would like to ask for the opposite. Is there a way to "nudge"…
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Creating single instance for system tray in java

I am working in a desktop application created in java. we are working for windows version (for running on windows O.S.) of the application. When we run our application, it creates a tray icon on desktop by using systemtray as SystemTray tray =…
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Programatically forcing icons to be visible in the "notification area" /"systray") in windows 7

Windows 7 allows users to hide/show icons in the "notification area" (aka systray). By default I think they're hidden? Is it possible to programatically (either through the app or through an installer) to force icons to appear? Edit: I'm not looking…
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Proper Way of Handling GUID used by Windows NotificationIcons

The Microsoft Documentation reads: Notification icons specified with a GUID are protected against spoofing by validating that only a single application registers them. This registration is performed the first time you call Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_ADD,…
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Clean up/Refresh Tray Area in C#

When either hiding my tray icon and closing the application, half the time my application's tray icon gets 'stuck'. Meaning doesn't leave until you mess around in the tray area. I know that to clean up during closing I can do trayIcon.Dispose() but…
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can Ruby GTK::StatusIcon use to find existing systray icon?

I try to automate right clicking windows systemtray icon using ruby. After searching on web, I find GTK::StatusIcon can be used to create NEW systray icon and menu, etc. However, I didn't find a way to identify current/existing icons. From searching…
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How to re-add icon to system tray after explorer.exe crash

My java application currently has an icon in the system tray. When the system tray crashes, however (you can simulate this by killing explorer.exe in the taskbar), the icon disappears after the system tray returns. When I check…
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Getting a .net app and a vb6 app to talk to each other?

I have a couple of applications that depend on each other. One is a robust vb6 application. The other is my eagerly anticipated, stealth technology employing, and likely oscar winning .net (2.0) systray application. The vb6 app starts the systray…
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How to change the tray icon with Java?

I need to change the tray icon, so that it would notify users about the number of unread messages. How to do this with Java?
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Password Protect Winforms Application

I have a simple WinForms application that runs in the system tray. Is it possible to password protect the program from closing if a user tries to close it from task manager? Ideally I want to keep a user from closing the process but if windows is…
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Minimise any program to system tray

Hey, I am trying to make a program that minimises any program to the system tray instead of normally minimising it. Is this possible? I have been looking around on google but cant find anything.
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wx.TaskBarIcon in Ubuntu 13.04 (GNOME or Unity)

I've used wx.TaskBarIcon to successfully implement a systray interface to my application on Windows and Mac but am having severe trouble with it on Ubuntu. There's already been two SO questions regarding this on previous versions of…
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Delphi application form shows instead of hiding at startup

I have a program where it will not start minimized and shows a very small window on the dekstop. Image: https://i.stack.imgur.com/aFc6o.jpg Code: program: program Project4; uses Forms, Unit4 in 'Unit4.pas' {Form4}; {$R *.res} begin …
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TrayIcon balloon does not show up

I compiled my trayicon utility c++ code in visual studio 2005 express edition and tray icon balloons showed up successfully but later I deleted my firewall, switched on to windows firewall and now I am on another firewall software. Now i ran my same…
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Get trayicon tooltip

When you hover over a trayicon in windows, sometimes a tooltip appears giving you some information about the status of the application the trayicon belongs to. I want to get this text into a variable in a programming language (preferebly Batch,…
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