Create a system tray icon and a dialog for a Windows Service

Jerry.Wang

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This article shows how to create a system tray icon and a dialog for a Windows Service.

sourceandbinary.zip
- bin
  - Release
    - install.bat
    - Interop.COMAdmin.dll
    - Interop.SensEvents.dll
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.vshost.exe
    - uninstall.bat
- Desktop.cs
- install.bat
- Program.cs
- Properties
  - AssemblyInfo.cs
- SensAdvisor.cs
- SettingDlg.cs
- SettingDlg.Designer.cs
- SettingDlg.resx
- Svc.cs
- Svc.Designer.cs
- SvcInstaller.cs
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.user
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.sln
- uninstall.bat
- User32DLL.cs
binary.zip
- install.bat
- Interop.COMAdmin.dll
- Interop.SensEvents.dll
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.vshost.exe
- uninstall.bat
sourcecode.zip
- Desktop.cs
- install.bat
- obj
  - Debug
    - Interop.COMAdmin.dll
    - Interop.SensEvents.dll
    - Refactor
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.GenerateResource.Cache
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.ResolveComReference.cache
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.pdb
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.SettingDlg.resources
    - TempPE
  - Release
    - Interop.COMAdmin.dll
    - Interop.SensEvents.dll
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.GenerateResource.Cache
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.ResolveComReference.cache
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.pdb
    - SystemTrayIconInSvc.SettingDlg.resources
    - TempPE
  - SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
- Program.cs
- AssemblyInfo.cs
- SensAdvisor.cs
- SettingDlg.cs
- SettingDlg.Designer.cs
- SettingDlg.resx
- Svc.cs
- Svc.Designer.cs
- SvcInstaller.cs
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.user
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.sln
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.suo
- uninstall.bat
- User32DLL.cs
source.zip
- Desktop.cs
- install.bat
- Interop.COMAdmin.dll
- Interop.SensEvents.dll
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.GenerateResource.Cache
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.ResolveComReference.cache
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.pdb
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.SettingDlg.resources
- Interop.COMAdmin.dll
- Interop.SensEvents.dll
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.GenerateResource.Cache
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.ResolveComReference.cache
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.pdb
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.SettingDlg.resources
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.FileListAbsolute.txt
- Program.cs
- AssemblyInfo.cs
- SensAdvisor.cs
- SettingDlg.cs
- SettingDlg.Designer.cs
- SettingDlg.resx
- Svc.cs
- Svc.Designer.cs
- SvcInstaller.cs
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.user
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.sln
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.suo
- uninstall.bat
- User32DLL.cs
bin.zip
- install.bat
- Interop.COMAdmin.dll
- Interop.SensEvents.dll
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
- SystemTrayIconInSvc.vshost.exe
- uninstall.bat

H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Debug\SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Debug\SystemTrayIconInSvc.pdb
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Debug\ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Debug\SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Debug\SystemTrayIconInSvc.pdb
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Debug\install.bat
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Debug\uninstall.bat
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Debug\Interop.COMAdmin.dll
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Debug\Interop.SensEvents.dll
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Debug\SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.ResolveComReference.cache
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Debug\Interop.COMAdmin.dll
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Debug\Interop.SensEvents.dll
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Debug\SystemTrayIconInSvc.SettingDlg.resources
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Debug\SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.GenerateResource.Cache
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Release\install.bat
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Release\uninstall.bat
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Release\SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Release\SystemTrayIconInSvc.pdb
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Release\Interop.COMAdmin.dll
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\bin\Release\Interop.SensEvents.dll
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Release\ResolveAssemblyReference.cache
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Release\Interop.COMAdmin.dll
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Release\Interop.SensEvents.dll
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Release\SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.ResolveComReference.cache
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Release\SystemTrayIconInSvc.SettingDlg.resources
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Release\SystemTrayIconInSvc.csproj.GenerateResource.Cache
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Release\SystemTrayIconInSvc.exe
H:\SystemTrayIconInSvc\obj\Release\SystemTrayIconInSvc.pdb

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