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Hi, I'm having a hard time getting my service to show a sys tray icon. I've tried to create a separate Windows application where I simply add a notification icon to the form. In the OnStart method of the service I simply try to start the windows application which then should show the icon.

I can't get it to work! When I run the separate Windows application the icon turns up, but when I start it from the service it doesn't. How should I do this? Thanks, Mats-Lennart. Follow Post Reply. Nicholas Paldino [.

Mats, You should not have your service try and show a tray icon. Services, in general, should not have a user interface. However, that doesn't mean that you can't have a user interface that communicates with the service. The reason for this is that you can not always be guaranteed that you will have an active desktop session to interact with. What you should do is provide a remoted object that can be connected to, or use some other kind of communication between the client which would have the tray notification icon , and the service.

Hope this helps. Hi, Thanks for answering. The dashboard is a forms app that allows the service admin to make changes as needed. The service can either be restarted or have it poll as you mentioned. Since restarting the service can be done from the dashboard, this is preferable, unless you absolutely need the service to be always up. If this is the case then polling is the sane way to do it. This can be beneficial to other community members reading this thread.

Ask a question. Quick access. Search related threads. Remove From My Forums. Asked by:. Archived Forums. Visual C. Sign in to vote. Hi folks, I'm familiar with writing windows service applications. It provides a quick access to your system functions, notifications, and applications. At present, it is very easy to customize the icons in it.

For example, you can decide which system and apps icons to be shown in system tray on Windows Learn how to change notification settings in Windows 10, how to manage notifications in Windows 10, and how to turn off notification sounds in Windows In this post, we will show you how to customize system tray on Windows 10, including hiding and unhiding icons on Windows 10 system tray.

By default, Windows hides many icons on the system tray, aiming to free up space for the taskbar. If you want to see all icons in the notification area, you can click the up arrow that on the left side. You can click on one of the icons to open it. But the icons you can see in it may not meet your requirements. In this case, you can customize system tray on Windows For example, you may want to change the position of the icon in the Windows 10 system tray by dragging it to your desired area.



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