Notify Icon Ballon Tip Not showing in C#?

c# winforms notifications notifyicon visual-c#-express-2010
Hunter Mitchell picture Hunter Mitchell · Jul 1, 2012 · Viewed 32.6k times · Source

i am using this code under my form1_load

notifyIcon1.Visible = true; 
notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(5000, "Welcome", "Hello " + User, ToolTipIcon.Info);

I even checked my registery and the value was 1. Why is the baloon not showing? I do have a icon form my notify icon. and it is showing up. The Baloon is not though!

Answer

HatSoft picture HatSoft · Jul 1, 2012

Looks like you forgot to set the Icon for it like this 

notifyIcon1.Icon = SystemIcons.Exclamation;
notifyIcon1.Visible = true; 
notifyIcon1.ShowBalloonTip(5000, "Welcome", "Hello " + User, ToolTipIcon.Info);

Also please read for more inormation on issues with NI http://www.csharp411.com/notifyiconshowballoontip-issues/

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