NotifyIcon Sample
This sample demonstrates how to create a program that displays an icon in the status notification area of the taskbar.
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To run this sample
- Press F5.
Demonstrates
This application uses the NotifyIcon control and its associated ContextMenu to access and display system data:
The length of time, in minutes, the user's computer has gone since its last reboot
The current time zone of the user
The current date
The version of the .NET Framework that is installed on the user's computer
The current version of the operating system that the user is running the application on