Setting EnableAutoTray

[Chris Sutcliffe]

In Windows 7 I'm programmatically setting EnableAutoTray to 0 (in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer)
and it is taking affect (i.e. when I open the "Notifications Area"
control panel item I see "Always show all icons" is set), however it
has no affect until I restart Explorer. Is there some way to notify
Explorer of the change so that it takes effect immediately?

Thank you,

Chris

[Dee Earley]

Post by Chris Sutcliffe
In Windows 7 I'm programmatically setting EnableAutoTray to 0 (in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer)
and it is taking affect (i.e. when I open the "Notifications Area"
control panel item I see "Always show all icons" is set), however it
has no affect until I restart Explorer. Is there some way to notify
Explorer of the change so that it takes effect immediately?

Surely it is down to Explorer and the user how it is configured?
If your app is important enough that it must always be shown then ask
the use to change it.

Settings internal to Explorer are exactly that, there are no documented
methods to change them.

[Chris Sutcliffe]

Post by Dee Earley

Post by Chris Sutcliffe
In Windows 7 I'm programmatically setting EnableAutoTray to 0 (in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer)
and it is taking affect (i.e. when I open the "Notifications Area"
control panel item I see "Always show all icons" is set), however it
has no affect until I restart Explorer.  Is there some way to notify
Explorer of the change so that it takes effect immediately?

Surely it is down to Explorer and the user how it is configured?
If your app is important enough that it must always be shown then ask
the use to change it.

Typically I would agree, what I am trying to do is get the tray icon
count via the TB_BUTTONCOUNT message, however it only provides the
count of visible icons. If there is another way to get the full count
of tray icons without first making them visible, I'd greatly
appreciate some guidance on how to do so.

Thank you,

Chris