Multiple notification icons appear when using multithreading
问题 Context: I'm working with a relatively simple winforms application, written in VB.NET on the .NET 3.5 framework in Visual Studio 2010. Issue: The FormLoad event creates two threads when the program is opened. One handles automatic update checking and the other performs a time consuming task syncing files with the internet. These threads are initialized as follows: Dim update_check_thread As New Threading.Thread(AddressOf auto_update_check) update_check_thread.IsBackground = True update_check