Icon in task bar...

Question

Hi  I have all ready posted a question regarding this problem. I did'nt get any reply but i got some solution. I used NotifyIcon class and now whenever i open my application the icon comes in the task bar. But what i want is that whenever the operating system starts the icon should come in the task bar so that user can open the peoject from the task bar only. Can anyone plz hlp me out to solve the problem. Suraj

Dipal Choksi · Answer

Some options for running the application on Windows Startup are described here: http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/oreilly/windows/ron/startup_0401.html I haven't tried the techniques myself but you could check them out if it helps your requirements. Hope this helps...

Suraj Rai · Answer

Hi thanks for the reply . But I am using windows XP and I cud'nt find task sheduler . I found something regarding windows service which runs automatically whenever the system boots. I don'nt have much idea regarding windows services. Will it be posible to call an c# windows application exe from an windows services so that whenever windows boots it calls my windows service and which ultimately call my application. suraj

Scott Lysle · Answer

An easy way to do that would be to use the task scheduler (control panel -> administrative tools -> task scheduler) to set up a basic task that will launch the application whenever the computer starts. You can do this through the interface or programmatically.