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Thank you very much for your prompt and accurate response.
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Thank you very much for your prompt and accurate response.

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I have an app that adds an icon to the sys tray.<br />
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I currently register the app to run at startup by adding a value to:<br />
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWAR<wbr />E\Microsof<wbr />t\Windows\<wbr />CurrentVer<wbr />sion\Run<br />
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However, when explorer crashes and comes back up, my app is not called again. This makes sense.<br />
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How do I register my application to be called when explorer crashes and recovers so that I can add my icon back to the system tray?
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I have an app that adds an icon to the sys tray.

I currently register the app to run at startup by adding a value to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

However, when explorer crashes and comes back up, my app is not called again. This makes sense.

How do I register my application to be called when explorer crashes and recovers so that I can add my icon back to the system tray?

Shell Tray Icon Recovery

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