![]() ![]() Of course, maybe if W10 wasn't so restrictive on how users can customize what notifications show when, just like it restricts so much else of how people can use their own computers, people wouldn't turn them off. So you want to be able to push notifications to users even when they turn notifications off? Yup, this is Microsoft alright. This systray was one of those way we were thinking about doing that since notifications tend to be hit or miss since people turn them off. We're also thinking about what are better ways to interact and notify users. But just because you plan to eventually use it for something doesn't mean the choice for users to hide it should be taken away or, in this case, not given in the first place. ![]() require it, then fine, users can either decide, on their own, to show it again, or they can not use those features. If you later implement features that make use of the icon being there, i.e. The thing is, none of that matters if the user wants to get rid of the icon. Namely exe's following a certain pattern, much deeper thought on how the improved systray would work ( #6751) and how this would impact that. This is not one of the asks on the list of things to do as it has longer term work items no matter what that we'd want implemented before this would be there. The solution, in my opinion, is to have an option to hide the icon, but have the current running process launch the options dialog whenever PowerToys is called from the Start Menu. In general, I think it should be a principle of system tray icon use that they need to be justified by a clear need to be frequently accessed (such as the system tray icon that changes gamut profiles on my monitor, which gets used several times a day when switching between tasks, such as watching video, editing photos, web preparation, office work, etc). All my apps are now zoned, there are no more zones to create or adjust. So far, I have only used PowerToys to set up zones while building my workstation system image, and now that I have the machine in production it is literally a "set and forget" application with a tray icon that will almost never be accessed ever again. I think this is a good idea, because, in practice for many people, once PowerToys is setup it rarely needs to be accessed again, so whether Windows "hides" the icon in the popup or not, it is still unwanted clutter when trying to find other icons in the system tray (or popup of "hidden" icons) at a glance.
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