Hi Iwan, > But when the explorer.exe file is killed from the windows > task manager and then run the explorer.exe again the tray > icon is not redisplayed. > > How can I make my icon reappear on explorer.exe restart? > other icon can do that, like outlook or opera for example.
When Explorer restarts, it notifies all top-level parent windows by broadcasting a registered message - TaskbarCreated. Your application should listen for this message and when it receives it, should re-create your tray icon. There are several examples of how TaskbarCreated should be used if you just use your old friend Google. To get you started, have a look at the following: http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=65017 Example provided in C by Sven Groot http://www.koders.com/delphi/fid2C110990AB3810D023D8A01E89FE16D3F7678C82 .aspx Source code example from CoolTrayIcon.pas
