Hide inactive icons on XP

Hi all,


For some reason that I won't detail here the icon from my application
doesn't behave nice when it is hidden because it is inactive on a Win XP
(this feature, of hidden an icon when inactive is only on XP).

So I would like programaticaly to set just for my application the
behavior "Always show". In other words, I would like programatically to
do the following setting: taskbar->properties->hide inactive
icons->customize->my app -> behavior->always show.

I thought that this is something adjustable from the registry, but I
wasn't able to find the registry setting for this.

Can somebody please help? Any hints will be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,
Viv

Right click the task bar and Properties,
Click Hide inactive Icons and Customize,
Under Behavior, double click the Icon you want,
Make selection.
Click OK, Apply OK


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"Viviana Vc" <vcotirlea@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:2q36kvFq3ld1U2@uni-berlin.de...
> Hi all,
>
>
> For some reason that I won't detail here the icon from my application
> doesn't behave nice when it is hidden because it is inactive on a Win XP
> (this feature, of hidden an icon when inactive is only on XP).
>
> So I would like programaticaly to set just for my application the
> behavior "Always show". In other words, I would like programatically to
> do the following setting: taskbar->properties->hide inactive
> icons->customize->my app -> behavior->always show.
>
> I thought that this is something adjustable from the registry, but I
> wasn't able to find the registry setting for this.
>
> Can somebody please help? Any hints will be appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Viv

Yes, I already know that
I want to do this programmatically and I don't know how. Any hint?

Viv


On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 08:04:50 -0600, "Squire" <jerrym526@cableone.net>
wrote :

>Right click the task bar and Properties,
>Click Hide inactive Icons and Customize,
>Under Behavior, double click the Icon you want,
>Make selection.
>Click OK, Apply OK

Viviana Vc wrote:

> Yes, I already know that
> I want to do this programmatically and I don't know how. Any hint?
>
> Viv
>
> On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 08:04:50 -0600, "Squire" <jerrym526@cableone.net>
> wrote :
>
> >Right click the task bar and Properties,
> >Click Hide inactive Icons and Customize,
> >Under Behavior, double click the Icon you want,
> >Make selection.
> >Click OK, Apply OK

http://www.splinterware.com/products/wincron.htm
You can use the Run Now tool and create a shortcut to do what you
describe. You can also schedule the action at a particular time to run
automatically if you wish.
gm

I don't think you understood my needs ...
I would like programmatically to do this, so that when a user installs
my software during the installation I would like to do the change. As
the users won't do it by themself I would like to do it
programmatically, and I hoped that this is a setting in the registry but
I couldn't find any

Viv

On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 08:22:51 -0500, gmnospam@nospam.xyz wrote :

>Viviana Vc wrote:
>
>> Yes, I already know that
>> I want to do this programmatically and I don't know how. Any hint?
>>
>> Viv
>>
>> On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 08:04:50 -0600, "Squire" <jerrym526@cableone.net>
>> wrote :
>>
>> >Right click the task bar and Properties,
>> >Click Hide inactive Icons and Customize,
>> >Under Behavior, double click the Icon you want,
>> >Make selection.
>> >Click OK, Apply OK
>
>http://www.splinterware.com/products/wincron.htm
>You can use the Run Now tool and create a shortcut to do what you
>describe. You can also schedule the action at a particular time to run
>automatically if you wish.
>gm

Viviana Vc <vcotirlea@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<2q81e0Frq2a1U1@uni-berlin.de>...
> I don't think you understood my needs ...
> I would like programmatically to do this, so that when a user installs
> my software during the installation I would like to do the change. As
> the users won't do it by themself I would like to do it
> programmatically, and I hoped that this is a setting in the registry but
> I couldn't find any
>
> Viv
>
> On Tue, 07 Sep 2004 08:22:51 -0500, gmnospam@nospam.xyz wrote :
>
> >Viviana Vc wrote:
> >
> >> Yes, I already know that
> >> I want to do this programmatically and I don't know how. Any hint?
> >>
> >> Viv
> >>
> >> On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 08:04:50 -0600, "Squire" <jerrym526@cableone.net>
> >> wrote :
> >>
> >> >Right click the task bar and Properties,
> >> >Click Hide inactive Icons and Customize,
> >> >Under Behavior, double click the Icon you want,
> >> >Make selection.
> >> >Click OK, Apply OK
> >
> >http://www.splinterware.com/products/wincron.htm
> >You can use the Run Now tool and create a shortcut to do what you
> >describe. You can also schedule the action at a particular time to run
> >automatically if you wish.
> >gm
=======
Try tray pilot light.I think this is a great program to hide system tray icons
http://www.colorpilot.com/hidetray.html
download link
http://www.colorpilot.com/load/traylt.exe
90 kb

At least I found out what inactive means:
http://www.sanx.org/tipShow.asp?articleRef=188
"Icons are considered inactive by the operating system when the state -
a combination of the icon image and tooltip value - does not change."


On Mon, 06 Sep 2004 15:24:47 +0200, Viviana Vc <vcotirlea@hotmail.com>
wrote :

>Hi all,
>
>
>For some reason that I won't detail here the icon from my application
>doesn't behave nice when it is hidden because it is inactive on a Win XP
>(this feature, of hidden an icon when inactive is only on XP).
>
>So I would like programaticaly to set just for my application the
>behavior "Always show". In other words, I would like programatically to
>do the following setting: taskbar->properties->hide inactive
>icons->customize->my app -> behavior->always show.
>
>I thought that this is something adjustable from the registry, but I
>wasn't able to find the registry setting for this.
>
>Can somebody please help? Any hints will be appreciated.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Viv