How to Add a Notify Icon in Windows Form C++

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Hello everyone,

I just want to know how i can a generate notify icon on the task bar when I run my code in visual studio using windows form.

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Posted 19-Sep-11 4:28am

kukurikapu69

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Arun Kumar K S · Answer 1 · 2011-09-19T04:42:00

Its very simple to create, Check this links
Notify Icon in System Tray with Context Menu Using C#[^]

Some easy steps
1) Drag drop one Context Menu and notify icon from Tool box to your windows application
2) Add menu items to context menu
3) Select context menu from notify icon objects property
4) Set icon to notify icon from property
5) Run your application

The above method is possible only when you are using .Net applications

This link will help you to create Notify icon to MFC based applications

Adding Icons to the System Tray[^]