system tray

Definitions

The portion of the taskbar that displays the system time and icons for running processes, which can often launch menus for those processes.

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“The system tray sits on the opposite end⟳ of the taskbar from the Start⟳ menu. If the taskbar is on the bottom of the screen, the system tray is on the right side of the taskbar.”

“The new System Tray API makes it possible for an application to gain⟳ access to the desktop's system tray, which presents the system time and icons of applications that interact with the system tray.”

“This DLL will enable us to put⟳ an icon in the system tray, control⟳ that icon while it's in the system tray, and remove⟳ it from the system tray when we're done with it.”

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