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  1. #1
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    How to remove the systray icon of another application

    To restore an application from "minimize to system tray" mode to "Normal" mode (visible) from another application, I am using "Showwindow" method of "user32.dll". The API is working as expected i.e. displaying the application on Normal mode.
    Moreover, I want to remove that application's System tray icon as soon as its mode changes from "minimize to system tray" to "Normal".

    I had tried using "Shell_NotifyIcon" method of "shell32.dll" by passing "NIM_DELETE" & reference of "NOTIFYICONDATA" but no luck.
    The API method declaration is as follows:
    Shared Function Shell_NotifyIcon(ByVal dwMessage As UInteger, ByRef pnid As NOTIFYICONDATA) As Boolean

    Can anyone suggest me a solution for solving this issue.

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    may be that you are using the wrong application pointer in your Shell_NotifyIcon API. May also be that your datat types are mixed up. We need more code, especially the code where you obtain the Window's handle

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    Thanks HanneSThEGreaT!
    May be you are right, because I am not very well aware of how to use 'NOTIFYICONDATA' Structure.
    Here is my code, correct me where I am going wrong.
    Code:
    Private Const NIM_DELETE As Integer = &H2
    Dim nid As NOTIFYICONDATA
    Dim HWnd As Integer
    HWnd = FindWindow(Nothing, "My Systray Minimized Application Title")
    ShowWindow(HWnd, SW_RESTORE)
    With nid
            .cbSize = Len(nid)
            .hWnd = HWnd
            .uID = MinAppProcessID
    End With
    Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_DELETE, nid)

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    Hmm, OK. At a quick glance it looks as if your code is correct.

    I have come accross this issue once. I had to use the SendMessage API to send a WM_PAINT message to the system tray - where all notifyicons reside.

    Try this code :

    Code:
    Public Class Form1
    
     
    
        Dim WM_PAINT As Integer = 15
    
        Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "USER32.DLL" (ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, ByVal msg As Integer, ByVal character As Integer, ByVal lpsText As IntPtr) As Integer
    
     
    
        Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
    
            'Send WM_PAINT Message to paint System Tray which will refresh it.
    
            SendMessage(traynotifywnd, WM_PAINT, 0, IntPtr.Zero)
    
        End Sub
    
     
    
    End Class
    After the call to delete the Sehll_Notify Icon, so your code should look more or less like :

    Code:
    Private Const NIM_DELETE As Integer = &H2
       Dim WM_PAINT As Integer = 15
    
        Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "USER32.DLL" (ByVal hwnd As IntPtr, ByVal msg As Integer, ByVal character As Integer, ByVal lpsText As IntPtr) As Integer
    
    Dim nid As NOTIFYICONDATA
    Dim HWnd As Integer
    
    HWnd = FindWindow(Nothing, "My Systray Minimized Application Title")
    
    ShowWindow(HWnd, SW_RESTORE)
    
    With nid
            .cbSize = Len(nid)
            .hWnd = HWnd
            .uID = MinAppProcessID
    End With
    
    Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_DELETE, nid)
    
            'Send WM_PAINT Message to paint System Tray which will refresh it.
    
            SendMessage(traynotifywnd, WM_PAINT, 0, IntPtr.Zero)
    I hope it helps!

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    Thanks HanneS!
    I had tried your code but its not working for me.
    I had passed my window's handle i-e; Hwnd to SendMessage.
    Code:
    SendMessage(HWnd , WM_PAINT, 0, IntPtr.Zero)
    Is it right? or I had to get 'traynotifywnd' by someother way.

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    OK, I had a decent look again at your first code... May be we are in fact not getting the proper handle of the window. So, the problem must be with your FindWindow statement.

    Have a look here :

    http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/user32.findwindow

    Last resort, if the above doesn't help. attach your project here in Zip format, then we can have a proper look

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    I have checked the link.
    I had passed the same handle to showwindow & it is displaying the desired window so there should not be any issue with findwindow statement.
    I had also tried sendmessage other overloads but no luck.
    Let me debug my code to find out the exact scenario.

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    Hmm, OK, I am running out of ideas. It's getting difficult to establish where things go wrong without seeing your project. I am also starting to think that this external program was programmed to have the icon remain in the System tray.

    Perhaps we could send a double click message to the icon :

    Code:
     SendMessage(HWnd, WM_USER, 0, WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK)
    If that doesn't work, I am stumped.

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    Thanks Hannes!
    I had tried using "PostMessage" API method by passing 'WM_CLOSE' to it, it closes the said application.
    Code:
    PostMessage(HWnd, WM_CLOSE, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero)
    Do you know what parameter should be passed instead of WM_CLOSE for removing only the Icon of that application from tray.

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    Thanks for what? Truthfully, I wasn't much help hahaha

    Anyways, you'd have to send a WM_MOUSEMOVE event or something similar to that window, here is an off-the-cuff example :

    Code:
    Imports System.Runtime.InteropServices
    
    Public Class Form1
        <DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Auto)> _
        Private Shared Function FindWindow( _
         ByVal lpClassName As String, _
         ByVal lpWindowName As String) As IntPtr
        End Function
    
        <DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint:="FindWindow", SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Auto)> _
        Private Shared Function FindWindowByClass( _
         ByVal lpClassName As String, _
         ByVal zero As IntPtr) As IntPtr
        End Function
    
        <DllImport("user32.dll", EntryPoint:="FindWindow", SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Auto)> _
        Private Shared Function FindWindowByCaption( _
         ByVal zero As IntPtr, _
         ByVal lpWindowName As String) As IntPtr
        End Function
    
        <DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Auto)> _
        Private Shared Function FindWindowEx(ByVal parentHandle As IntPtr, _
                          ByVal childAfter As IntPtr, _
                          ByVal lclassName As String, _
                          ByVal windowTitle As String) As IntPtr
        End Function
    
        <DllImport("user32.dll", SetLastError:=True, CharSet:=CharSet.Auto)> _
        Private Shared Function SendMessage(ByVal hWnd As IntPtr, ByVal Msg As UInteger, ByVal wParam As IntPtr, ByVal lParam As IntPtr) As IntPtr
        End Function
    
        Const WM_MOUSEMOVE = &H200
        Const WM_LBUTTONDOWN = &H201
        Const WM_LBUTTONUP = &H202
    
        Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
            Dim tmpWnd&
            Dim res As IntPtr
            tmpWnd = FindWindow("Shell_TrayWnd", vbNullString)  'Task bar
            tmpWnd = FindWindowEx(tmpWnd, 0&, "TrayNotifyWnd", vbNullString) 'System tray 
    
            res = SendMessage(tmpWnd, WM_MOUSEMOVE, New IntPtr(1), MakeLParam(80, 160))
        End Sub
    
        Shared Function MakeLParam(ByVal LoWord As Integer, ByVal HiWord As Integer) As IntPtr
            Return New IntPtr((HiWord << 16) Or (LoWord And &HFFFF))
        End Function
    End Class
    Or even broadcast a system setting change...

    Code:
    Declare Auto Function SendMessageTimeout Lib "User32" ( _
    ByVal hWnd As Integer, _
    ByVal Msg As UInt32, _
    ByVal wParam As Integer, _
    ByVal lParam As Integer, _
    ByVal fuFlags As UInt32, _
    ByVal uTimeout As UInt32, _
    ByRef lpdwResult As IntPtr _
    ) As Long
    
    
    Private Const HWND_BROADCAST = &HFFFF&
    Private Const WM_SETTINGCHANGE = &H1A
    Private Const SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG = &H2
    
    Public Sub EnvRefresh ( )
    Dim dwResult As IntPtr '
    SendMessageTimeout(HWND_BROADCAST, _
    Convert.ToUInt32(WM_SETTINGCHANGE), _
    0, 0, _
    Convert.ToUInt32(SMTO_ABORTIFHUNG), _
    Convert.ToUInt32(5000), _
    dwResult)
    MsgBox(dwResult)
    That is as far as my abilities goes

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    Thanks for sparing your time & giving me different ideas for solving my issue.
    Really, it's because of your help I am able to look & try different techniques for this issue.

    I had already tried the similar code for 'sending a WM_MOUSEMOVE event' before, but didn't used 'MakeLParam'. Let me try it.
    I'll let you know after trying both of your suggestions.

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    Please let me know how it goes. I'm hoping for the best. Good luck!

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    Hi Hannes!
    It looks I am having a bad luck, tried both of your suggestions, but none of it did the trick for me.
    Now, looking for someother possible way of solving this issue.
    Thanks for your help!

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    Re: How to remove the systray icon of another application

    That is indeed bad news

    Attach your project here, then we could have a look and see how we can solve this.

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