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Populating the Notification Area

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Nepheligenous

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How does Windows (XP Pro SP2) display the information that appears in the Notification Area? Is it in a folder, a Registry key? Where??

 
None of the above.

Notification icons must internally process any information to be displayed. An API, ShellNotifyIcon, is used to place an icon of your choice into the Taskbar Notification Area that will display a ToolTip of your choice when the mouse is rested over it, will restore the application when clicked, and will display a popup menu when right-clicked.

See, for example:
 
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