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HideTrayIcon

Hide/Show TrayIcon for 64bit Windows 10.

Function

// tray_icon.h & tray_icon.cpp
// get the handle of expanded trayIcon window
HWND FindOverflowTrayWindow();
//  get the handle of taskbar's trayIcon window
HWND FindNormalTrayWindow();

// set the visibility of trayIcons in taskBar and overflow area
// @param hWnd: the handle of window where the trayIcon is located
// @param process_name_or_tooltips: the element of the vector could be a subString of process name or subString of trayIcon's tooltip
// @param visible: true: show, false: hide
// @param isHardDelete: hard delete the trayIcon, only take effect when visible = false
VOID SetTrayIconVisable(HWND hWnd, std::vector<std::string>& process_name_or_tooltips, bool visible, bool isHardDelete = true);

Usage under command line：

hideTrayIcon.exe -i 'list of icons'

  • example:
hideTrayIcon.exe -i 'Everything NVIDIA uTools.exe' [options]
-d --delay
	start-up delay in seconds
	default: 0
-r --recoverable
	whether the icon can be restored to display
-a --action
	show or hide, show only works if - r or --recoverable is passed to program when the program is run for the first time
	default: hide
-i --icon
	list of trayIcons, can be tooltip and processName, separated by space
	eg. -i Everything
	eg. -i 'Everything NVIDIA uTools.exe'
	eg. -i 'Goland{space}2021.1.3' # \"Goland 2021.1.3\" contain space
	eg. -i 'Carl{squotation}s{space}cat' # \"Carl's cat\" contain single quotation mark and space
	eg. -i 'Robert{space}Frost{squotation}s{space}{dquotation}Design{dquotation}.' # \"Robert Frost's \"Design\".\" contain single quotation mark and double quotation mark and space
	mandatory

  • 5 means the program starts with a delay of 5 seconds

  • choose between hide and show to hide or show the tray icon respectively.

  • Text can be part of the text contained in the tray tooltip, or it can be the process name, and multiple "Text" can be passed

Execute the program after 10 seconds of power on

STEP 1: Create a vbs file in the directory where hideTrayIcon.exe is located and enter the following code:

Set ws = CreateObject("Wscript.Shell")
ws.run "cmd /c hideTrayIcon.exe -a hide -d 10 -i ""Everything NVIDIA uTools.exe others""", vbhide

explanation:

-a hide # hide the icon
-d 10 # 10 seconds delay before executing the action
-i ""Everything NVIDIA uTools.exe""  # Indicates that the tray is to be hidden if the prompt text or the process name contains Everything or NVIDIA or uTools.exe
# in vbscript, " is represent by ""

Replace others with the part of tooltip or part of process path of the trayIcon you want to hide

eg: For the Snipaste's tray icon show below, we can replace Text with Snipaste 2.5.1 or Beta or Snipaste .exe

火绒的tooltip

STEP 2: Note: If there are non-ascii characters in the vbs script file (e.g. Chinese), you need to open the vbs file with Notepad and re-save it with ascii encoding.

STEP 3: Put the shortcut to the vbs file in the C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup directory