TrayNotifyWnd Error?

[Gary Grathen]

When I login to Windows 2000 Professional with SP4 I get the message:
"Error locating TrayNotifyWnd".

I've searched on the internet and newsgroups however I was unable to find
any reference to this message. Any idea how I can begin diagnosing how to
fix the problem?

Thanks.

 

[*Vanguard*]

"Gary Grathen" said in news:[email protected]:

When I login to Windows 2000 Professional with SP4 I get the message:
"Error locating TrayNotifyWnd".

I've searched on the internet and newsgroups however I was unable to
find any reference to this message. Any idea how I can begin
diagnosing how to fix the problem?

Thanks.

My guess is that this is an entry point in a DLL file to a function
stored there that got called by some running application. Try doing a
file search for "TrayNotifyWnd" as a string within the file to see if it
hunts down which file has this entry point in it. Maybe that might clue
you in as to what application is calling that function from the DLL file
where you find this string.

 

[*Vanguard*]

"Gary Grathen" said in news:[email protected]:

When I login to Windows 2000 Professional with SP4 I get the message:
"Error locating TrayNotifyWnd".

I've searched on the internet and newsgroups however I was unable to
find any reference to this message. Any idea how I can begin
diagnosing how to fix the problem?

Thanks.

I just did a Google search on "traynotifywnd". You couldn't find those
articles? There were 130 matches. From what I saw, it looks like
TrayNotifyWnd is a function and used for tray icons in the system
notification area (aka system tray). So you can narrow down which apps
are causing the problem according to those that insert an icon in the
system tray.

So start using msconfig.exe (you can download a Windows XP copy from the
Internet) or Mike Lin's Startup applet (do a Google search on his name)
to disable all startup programs. Then boot, login, and see if you get
the message. If not, add a startup program (i.e., enable it), reboot,
login, and check again. Eventually you'll hit the culprit ... unless
it's one of those "it went away" problems that cure itself when you
start to hunt it down.

I'm wondering if you didn't try to drag some antiquated utility from
Windows 9x to Windows 2000 that really doesn't support NT-based versions
of Windows. The following KB article mentions TrayNotifyWnd:

How to Use OLE Drag & Drop from the Taskbar Notification Area
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=139408

 

[Gary Grathen]

I appreciate the advice and got some good pointers on how to perform problem
determination for this error message, however the hard disk which had the
problem crashed this week, so I no longer need to look into it.

I did find many references to "TrayNotifyWnd" but not to that particular
error message. I didn't know how to perform problem determination, which is
where you helped. However as I said it's no longer a problem as I have a
new hard disk.

Thanks.