how to put an .net application in system tray when minimized?

Question

can anyone please suggest a good code example of vb.net/c# code to put the application in system tray when minized.

Answer 1

You can leverage a built in control called NotifyIcon. This creates a tray icon when shown. @Phillip has a code example that is somewhat complete.

There is a gotcha though:

You must override your applications main form Dispose method to call Dispose on NotifyIcon, otherwise it will stay in your tray after application exits.

public void Form_Dispose(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
   if (this.Disposing)
      notifyIcon1.Dispose();
}

Something like that.