Application in System Tray

Question

I have a windows application when I press the X button to close the application I want it still running in system tray. How can I go about it? I am using the Notify but I cannot work it out.

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Varun

Answer 1

Hook the Form Closing event and cancel it and set the visibility of the Form to false and set ShowInTaskbar to false as well.  Then in the click event of your notifyicon, simply show the form.  Your app will still show up when the users presses Alt-Tab however.

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Answer 2

Hook the Form Closing event and cancel it and set the visibility of the Form to false and set ShowInTaskbar to false as well.  Then in the click event of your notifyicon, simply show the form.  Your app will still show up when the users presses Alt-Tab however.

If a form isn't visible it won't show up in the Taskbar or in the Alt-Tab list.

Answer 3

Adding Additional Info: If the Icon file is not specified the system tray will not work. Creating new icon in the project and mapping it in the icon properties of "notify icon" should help.