Starting an application is system tray using NotifyIcon without showing the window.

Starting an application is system tray using NotifyIcon without showing the window.

Requirement : To start an application directly from systemtray without showing the window. On double clicking the icon in systemtray it should open the URL in default web browser. On right clicking the icon in system tray a content menu should open and on clicking the same open the URL in default web browser.

Solution: Putting the below code in Program.cs will help you to achieve the same.

[STAThread]

static void Main()

{

Application.EnableVisualStyles();

Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);

using (NotifyIcon icon = new NotifyIcon())

{

icon.Icon = ISBot.Properties.Resources.ISChatbot;

icon.ContextMenu = new ContextMenu(new MenuItem[] {

new MenuItem("Open", (s, e) => {System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://rajeshkamalakshan.blogspot.in"); }),

});

icon.Visible = true;

icon.DoubleClick += Icon_DoubleClick;

icon.Text = "Rajesh Kamalakshan";

Application.Run();

icon.Visible = false;

}

}

private static void Icon_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

LaodInbrowser ();

}

private static void LaodInbrowser ()

{

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://rajeshkamalakshan.blogspot.in");

}