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A toolbar embedded into the taskbar. Windows offers several such toolbars by default ("Address", "Links" and "Desktop") and users can add new components to customize their taskbar.

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How to make my Deskband's (Taskbar Toolbar) Form transparent

I'm working on a Windows Deskband in Delphi XE2 for Windows XP, Vista and 7 (Win32 and Win64)... I've implemented all the necessary interfaces (ITrayDeskBand, IDeskBandInfo, IDeskBand2, IDeskBand) in my code, and that all works exactly as it should…
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Is it possible to add a DeskBand (or similar) to the Notification Area in Win 10/11?

I've been looking into ways for an app to add a custom DeskBand (or something similar) to the Windows 10 & 11 taskbar: There are various references to IDeskBand2 and other taskbar extensions, but I'm getting conflicting information[2] as to whether…
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Custom tray panel in VB.NET

i need to create system tray "panel" like Windows Media Player. (not icon only, but complette form with buttons, images, etc.) Here is wmp screenshot: Is it possible in VB.NET & Win 10? Thanks and sorry for my english.. :)
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How to force GDI+ rendering of a ComboBox in C# on a DeskBand Taskbar Toolbar? (transparency issue)

I've implemented a DeskBand Taskbar Toolbar using the BandObjectLib (Extending Explorer with Band Objects using .NET and Windows Forms) from Codeproject, modified with support for the IDeskBand2 interface which allows the Start Menu in Windows Vista…
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How can I programatically tell Windows taskbar to open (or close) a given toolbar?

I have written a toolbar that runs on the taskbar. Unfortunately, after it is installed, the user has to enable it manually. Is there a way to tell explorer to open (or close) a given toolbar? I would like for the installer, NSIS, to turn on the…
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Error when programmatically adding a DeskBand

I'm trying to add a DeskBand object to the system tray programmatically using this code: [ComImport, Guid("6D67E846-5B9C-4db8-9CBC-DDE12F4254F1"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)] public interface ITrayDeskband { …
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How to hide verification message window of adding new toolbar

I am trying in C# to add a new toolbar into my task bar, as you can see above: Now, anytime I want to show this icon (by code) I get this message: My question is - how to hide this message window ? Which means, the toolbar will be added…
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I want to create a DeskBand. Do I have to use C++?

I want to create a DeskBand to display some information on my Windows task bar, but I am struggling with implementing the functionality I need in C++. It's been about 10-15 years since I touched C++. I've been working entirely in .NET for the past…
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How to make a web request without crashing app and explorer

I have tried many many ways since hours to make a web request in my app based on github.com/dsafa/CSDeskBand#winforms and specially on github.com/20154530/DeskBandTest which is an implementation. By different ways of code, async or not, I tried to…
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How to add and implement a new interface to an Inproc COM server

I've implemented a windows deskband (using the windows SDK sample) and need a way to communicate (one call to start IPC with another application, IPC is already working) with it. My COM experience is very limited but extrapolating from what I've…
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How to distribute a DeskBand via the Windows Store

I have a Deskband DLL written in C++ that is registered via calling regsvr32 mydeskband.dll. The Deskband has a configuration app written in C#, that I can likely convert to a UWP app using the desktop app converter. As far as I know, there isn't a…
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Activate IE Add-Ons from an BHO

I've written two objects, a deskband toolbar and a bho for IE. The goal is that the bho shows up the toolbar after installation. Microsoft's approach is to use pBrowser->ShowBrowserBar(&vtBandGUID, &vtShow, 0); This method is nice to show and hide…
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Send data from c# program to c++ dll (DeskBand)

Guys I'm stuck at the final part of a functional deskband implementation for my application, For context, I'm currently running a visual studio solution with 2 projects in them, one is the c++ deskband dll and another is a simple c# console…
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deskband toolbar button is not showing when IE protected mode is enabled

I have developed an add-on button that sends a tcp message to another process with the URL of the current tab. That's all it does Since my experience is limited to managed code, I have used this article Extending Explorer with Band Objects using…
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deskband can not be modified

I have created a deskband followed by the tutorial on codeproject (http://www.codeproject.com/KB/shell/dotnetbandobjects.aspx). After I installed the deskband, I realized there is something need to be modified. So I I uninstalled the deskband,…
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