by Jonathan Roach (6 Submissions)
Category: Miscellaneous
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Intermediate
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating:
(3 Votes)

This code demonstrates how to cycle programs in your systray for ease of launching, it provides a system tray icon which cycles/changes when right clicked, the associated program can then be launched when the user left clicks the tray icon.
Assumes
Note, this code has only been tested on a Windows 98 machine and a Windows 2000 machine, other Win OS versions please leave me a comment or email on how it ran or if there were problems and what exactly happened.
Assumes you have the following, otherwise changes need to be made:
Explorer.exe - Windows Explorer
Control.exe - Control Panel
Iexplore.exe - Internet explorer
A default mail client
API DeclarationsShellExecute
SendMessage
Download Sir Launchalot Program Cycling in the Systray (32 KB)