Re: Some Systray icons disapear after explorer crash
From: b*e*a*s*t (none_at_blueyonder.co.uk)
Date: 02/08/05
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Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2005 18:45:22 GMT
That sounds right but how would you change the programs to broadcast that
there suppose to be in the systray?
beast
"DanS" <t.h.i.s.n.t.h.a.t@a.d.e.l.p.h.i.a..n.e.t> wrote in message
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> "b*e*a*s*t" <none@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in
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>> Hi,
>>
>> Im sure you've heard this before "a windows bug"
>>
>> Some of my systray icons dissapear after the explorer
>> crashes/hungs/restarts i dont care what the cause is as it will crash
>> at some point it does not happen all the time but some sytray icons
>> disappear namely my norton internet security now but never use to when
>> explorer crashed, how would you get these icons to stay when explorer
>> crashes there is a reqitry key needed for " When explorer crashes
>> display these icons in systray no matter what " I have a program PS
>> tray Factory that can restore these easily, what is this command? why
>> should i have a program to restore these when winXP should be doing
>> its job
>>
>> If only a few icons dont come back, then why is this? where is the
>> setting to say bring these icons back to systray after refresh?
>>
>> My norton systray icon is set to always show but doesn't after an
>> explorer crash
>>
>> PS:- Dont get confused It has nothing to do with systray not loading
>> or the PnP issue, happens on my XP and 2000 pro machines
>>
>>
>> WinXP Pro SP2
>> NIS 2005
>> Spysweeper
>>
>> AMD 939 +3500 64bit
>> Asus SLI A8N M/B
>> 2 x MSI 6600GT 500/1000
>> 1GB Dual Corsair XMS Pro 2.2.2.5
>> Raptor 74Gb HDD
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Beast
>>
>>
>
> the reason that many systray icon's do not re-appear after a crash of
> explorer is because the application was not written properly to account
> for this.
>
> when the app starts, it places it's icon in the system tray by telling
> explorer to put its icon there. no problem because explorer was running
> first, and typically is loaded before any app places it's icon in the
> systray.
>
> when explorer closes and is re-started, it does not know what was in the
> system tray previously, nor what is supposed to be there. when the shell
> re-starts, it sends a system-wide broadcast message, WM_TASKBARCREATED
> (?). since this is a broadcast messages, all running apps are supposed to
> hear this message. upon hearing this message, if the app has a systray
> icon, it is supposed to respond with the same messages sent when it
> originally put the icon in the tray, once again telling the shell to put
> this icon in the systray.
>
> as i have found, most apps DO NOT respond to this message.
>
> regards,
>
> DanS
>
>
>
>
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