Show/hide tray icons.

Beginer · Post by **Beginer** » Tue May 06, 2003 7:26 pm

Help please. I need hide tray icons using hot keys.

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Mon May 19, 2003 11:38 pm

In actuality, you don't want to hide Macro Scheduler's gear icon. Without the icon, there's no way you know there's a script actively running. Of course, you can hide Macro Scheduler icon in XP. Clicking the taskbar (at the bottom of your Windows) to select Properties, you can choose which icons you wish to show/hide in the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" dialog.

Happy scripting.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Tue May 20, 2003 12:35 am

Hi Armstrong. I don't know that we can accept your statement:

In actuality, you don't want to hide Macro Scheduler's gear icon.

I can understand that you may want it to show, but others may not. I have many instances when I don't want end users to see this in the systray. The last thing I need is for them to explore and experiment with that "cute little gear whatchmacallit thing".

The Macro Scheduler gear icon can be hidden from the systray by adding the parameter -NOSYSTRAY or /NOSYSTRAY at the end of the command line :

msched -NOSYSTRAY

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Tue May 20, 2003 3:22 pm

Hi Bob,

It's always my pleasure to read your thorough technical opinion. For maximum secuirty, compiled Macro Scheduler scripts remain the best approach if the scheduling and hotkeys aren't needed.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Wed May 21, 2003 8:20 pm

Compiled scripts provide some security but if showing in systray users can still create their own, delete exisiting ones, enable/disable/reschedule existing macros etc.

There really are many benefits for not showing MS in the systray.
But each of us had different needs and this is nothing that has a Correct or Incorrect answer. We are each responding based on our own personal environments. Lots of good ideas

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Wed May 21, 2003 8:22 pm

Last entry was by this fool who was not logged in again...GROAN!

armsys · Post by **armsys** » Thu May 22, 2003 1:30 am

Hi Bob,

It's always my pleasure to read your thorough technical opinion. For maximum secuirty, compiled Macro Scheduler scripts remain the best approach if the scheduling and hotkeys aren't needed.

Hello Bob,

I authored the above message. For security reason, I turn off all Microsoft IE and Java script engines. Often I forgot to turn it on. As a result, because mjtnet.com's webpage is disallowed to read any cookies in my computer, I was logged in automatically as a "Guest." Even worse, for good reason, a guest won't be allowed to edit his/her previous post(s).

I apologize for my accidental anonymity.

For another "Guest" fellow's post (5/22/2003 04:20), his/her opinion about sharing ideas is absolutely correct. Don't you think so?

Happy scripting.

Bob Hansen · Post by **Bob Hansen** » Thu May 22, 2003 1:51 am

YES..... I could not have said it any better

And thanks lots for all of yours.