Question

What needs to be done to have your .NET application show up in Window’s system tray as icon?

And how do you handle mousebutton clicks on said icon?

Answer 1

First, add a NotifyIcon control to the Form. Then wire up the Notify Icon to do what you want.

If you want it to hide to tray on minimize, try this.

Private Sub frmMain_Resize(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles MyBase.Resize     If Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Minimized Then         Me.ShowInTaskbar = False     Else         Me.ShowInTaskbar = True     End If End Sub  Private Sub NotifyIcon1_MouseClick(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles NotifyIcon1.MouseClick     Me.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal End Sub 

I’ll occasionally use the Balloon Text in order to notify a user – that is done as such:

 Me.NotifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(3000, 'This is a notification title!!', 'This is notification text.', ToolTipIcon.Info)