C# 2008 - NotifyIcon - BaloonTip

Question

I'm using the following code:

notify.ShowBalloonTip(
    15000, 
    "Reminder!", 
    myText,
    System.Windows.Forms.ToolTipIcon.None);

But the problem is the balloon almost always hides one layer behind the active window. Obviously this doesn't work too well when your active window is maximized and goes all the way down to the task bar, because then the tip balloon is behind it. Does anyone know why this might happen? I'm using Win XP Pro SP3.

Thanks!

Answer 1

You might be experiencing a known (and annoying and random) Windows bug: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/how-to-fix-system-tray-tooltips-not-displaying-in-windows-xp/