NotifyIcon not showing

Question

I am writing a simple application that I would like to control with a notifyIcon rather than a form, I have follwed examples I found through Google, but my notifyIcon will n

Answer 1

I actually just finished a project that started as a NotifyIcon. Your code (I'm guessing you just provided a snippet) is incredibly similar to mine.

I checked your code, and the only change I had to make to get it to work was changing the way you called the icon to:

this.niC2F.Icon = new System.Drawing.Icon(@"C:\PathToIcon\iconfile.ico");

Below is a working sample with a right-click menu and double-click functionality:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace TestApp
{
    static class MainEntryClass
    {
        /// 
        /// The main entry point for the application.
        /// 
        [STAThread]
        static void Main()
        {
            Application.EnableVisualStyles();
            Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
            C2F TestApp = new C2F();
            Application.Run();
        }
    }

    class C2F
    {
        System.ComponentModel.Container component;
        System.Drawing.Icon icon;
        ContextMenuStrip rightClickMenu = new ContextMenuStrip();
        NotifyIcon trayIcon;
        ToolStripMenuItem options = new ToolStripMenuItem();
        ToolStripMenuItem restore = new ToolStripMenuItem();
        ToolStripMenuItem exit = new ToolStripMenuItem();
        ToolStripSeparator seperator = new ToolStripSeparator();

        public C2F()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            icon = new System.Drawing.Icon(@"C:\PathToIcon\iconfile.ico");
            component = new System.ComponentModel.Container();
            trayIcon = new NotifyIcon(component);
            trayIcon.Text = "Bill Reminder";
            trayIcon.Icon = icon;
            trayIcon.Visible = true;
            trayIcon.DoubleClick += new EventHandler(trayIcon_DoubleClick);
            trayIcon.ContextMenuStrip = rightClickMenu;

            rightClickMenu.Items.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem[]
            {
                options,
                seperator,
                restore,
                exit
            });

            options.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Segoe UI", 9F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
            options.Text = "Options";
            options.Click += new EventHandler(options_Click);

            restore.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Segoe UI", 9F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Bold, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
            restore.Text = "Restore Window";
            restore.Click += new EventHandler(restore_Click);

            exit.Font = new System.Drawing.Font("Segoe UI", 9F, System.Drawing.FontStyle.Regular, System.Drawing.GraphicsUnit.Point, ((byte)(0)));
            exit.Text = "Exit";
            exit.Click += new EventHandler(exit_Click);
        }

        void exit_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Application.Exit();
        }

        void restore_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            FormName showWindow = new FormName();
            showWindow.Show();
        }

        void options_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            Settings_Window settings = new Settings_Window();
            settings.Show();
        }

        void trayIcon_DoubleClick(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            FormName showWindow = new FormName();
            showWindow.Show();
        }
    }

}

Hope this helps you, let me know if you have any questions!