problems with systray

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yaro137

When I right click icons in the systray, especially the leftmost one
I'm getting 2 menus, one for the icon I clicked and another which is
the menu that you normally get when you right-click the taskbar. Very
annoying. Any idea how to stop it from occurring? Thanks
yaro
 
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Twayne

yaro137 said:
When I right click icons in the systray, especially the leftmost one
I'm getting 2 menus, one for the icon I clicked and another which is
the menu that you normally get when you right-click the taskbar. Very
annoying. Any idea how to stop it from occurring? Thanks
yaro
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Either let one of us see you machine, or, give some useful advice.
 
S

smlunatick

When I right click icons in the systray, especially the leftmost one
I'm getting 2 menus, one for the icon I clicked and another which is
the menu that you normally get when you right-click the taskbar. Very
annoying. Any idea how to stop it from occurring? Thanks
yaro
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It seems that whenever you are only using the taskbar at a size of one
line, you seem to get this issue. Expand the taskbar and the System
Tray should also get more space.
 
Y

yaro137

I removed that Windows Desktop Search thingy from my taskbar and now
it behaves properly.
yaro
 
T

Terry R.

The date and time was Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:40:26 PM, and on a
whim, Kelly pounded out on the keyboard:
In XP it is called the Notification Area. :blush:)

Seems as though you are needing a bit more space.

More info: Troubleshooting the Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm#na
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Per Google:
xp notification area - approx 360,000 hits
xp system tray - approx 1,920,000 hits

It appears not to "notify" as much as it contains items related to the
"system". ;-)

Even MS isn't afraid to use it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310578


Terry R.
 
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Bob I

Terry said:
The date and time was Wednesday, February 11, 2009 1:40:26 PM, and on a
whim, Kelly pounded out on the keyboard:


Per Google:
xp notification area - approx 360,000 hits
xp system tray - approx 1,920,000 hits

It appears not to "notify" as much as it contains items related to the
"system". ;-)

Even MS isn't afraid to use it:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310578


Terry R.
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Some history as to the reason
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/09/10/54831.aspx
 
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Terry R.

The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:12:13 AM, and on a
whim, Bob I pounded out on the keyboard:
Some history as to the reason
http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/09/10/54831.aspx
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Taskbar->Tray? I've never had anyone confuse the two. If MS uses the
term (referring to XP), and the program to display that area is called
systray.exe, I have no problem calling it the System Tray. It exists in
XP also, not only in Win95 as stated.



Terry R.
 
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Bob I

Terry said:
The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 11:12:13 AM, and on a
whim, Bob I pounded out on the keyboard:


Taskbar->Tray? I've never had anyone confuse the two. If MS uses the
term (referring to XP), and the program to display that area is called
systray.exe, I have no problem calling it the System Tray. It exists in
XP also, not only in Win95 as stated.
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XP? They mention Longhorn. ;-)
 
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Terry R.

The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:17:49 PM, and on a
whim, Bob I pounded out on the keyboard:
XP? They mention Longhorn. ;-)
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No, look at the link I gave to the ms kb.

The link you gave stated that systray.exe was in Win95 without
acknowledging its existence in newer versions.


Terry R.
 
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Terry R.

The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:14:12 PM, and on a
whim, Kelly pounded out on the keyboard:
Interesting blog, Bob. I enjoy reading from R. Chen (creator of TweakUI).

Terry, back in W95 there wasn't even a taskbar.
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??? Don't you remember the Stones singing, "Start me up"? That was the
promo for Win95 with the Start button, hence the birth of the taskbar.


Terry R.
 
B

Bob I

Terry said:
The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:17:49 PM, and on a
whim, Bob I pounded out on the keyboard:


No, look at the link I gave to the ms kb.

The link you gave stated that systray.exe was in Win95 without
acknowledging its existence in newer versions.
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No the point was that the "official name" is from the core group that
created it, and it is misnamed very frequently(even in MS groups)
 
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Terry R.

The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 2:14:32 PM, and on a
whim, Bob I pounded out on the keyboard:
No the point was that the "official name" is from the core group that
created it, and it is misnamed very frequently(even in MS groups)
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Then maybe that "core group" should have named the executable
"ntray.exe" instead. THEY'RE the ones who screwed up! ;-)


Terry R.
 

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