How can I have my Windows Form application minimize to system taskbar?

Question

My dream is to make a very good, open source Help desk application for companies to use for free.

My client application will run on every client computer have minimize itself to the task bar. When the user click the icon, it'll open the actual Winform window.

I'm using .NET 3.5; is there a simple way to minimize/maximize from the taskbar?

Answer 1

Have a look at

• C# Tip: Placing Your C# Application in the System Tray
• How to Minimize an Application to the Taskbar Tray in C#
• Minimize window to system tray

Answer 2

I'm assuming that you mean the system tray. (The small icons next to the clock)

Set the form's ShowInTaskbar property to False, then make a NotifyIcon component and show the form in its Click event.