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Use NotifyIcon class to display an icon for an application in the notification area

using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms; public class Form1 : System.Windows.Forms.Form {     private System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon notifyIcon1;     private System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu contextMenu1;     private System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem menuItem1;     private System.ComponentModel.IContainer components;     [STAThread]     static void Main()      {         Application.Run(new Form1());     }     public Form1()     {         this.components = new System.ComponentModel.Container();         this.contextMenu1 = new System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenu();         this.menuItem1 = new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem();         this.contextMenu1.MenuItems.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.MenuItem[] {this.menuItem1});         this.menuItem1.Index = 0;         this.menuItem1.Text = "E&xit";         this.menuItem1.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.menuItem1_Click);         this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(292, 266);         this.Text = "Notify Icon Example";         this.notifyIcon1 = new System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon(this.components);         notifyIcon1.Icon = new Icon("appicon.ico");         notifyIcon1.ContextMenu = this.contextMenu1;         notifyIcon1.Text = "Form1 (NotifyIcon example)";         notifyIcon1.Visible = true;         notifyIcon1.DoubleClick += new System.EventHandler(this.notifyIcon1_DoubleClick);     }     protected override void Dispose( bool disposing )     {         if( disposing )             if (components != null)                 components.Dispose();                     base.Dispose( disposing );     }     private void notifyIcon1_DoubleClick(object Sender, EventArgs e)      {         if (this.WindowState == FormWindowState.Minimized)             this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Normal;         this.Activate();     }     private void menuItem1_Click(object Sender, EventArgs e) {         this.Close();     } }