About the System Tray Icon

PTFB Pro places a mouse-shaped icon in your system tray when it is running. This icon has a small “x” when PTFB is disabled, and its color changes from blue to red (see below) when a macro is playing or when an automated action is about to run.

Normal, disabled and playback/countdown versions of PTFB Pro’s tray icon.

Clicking on the icon with the left mouse button opens up PTFB Pro’s main window. Right-clicking on the icon brings up a small menu of handy operations.

Windows Automated Tray Icon Hiding

Starting with Windows XP, Microsoft included a feature that hides tray icons to reduce clutter. This feature is particularly aggressive in Windows 7, where a new tray icon is displayed for less than a minute before it is hidden, never to be seen again unless you explicitly tell Windows not to hide it. It’s easy to check whether Windows has hidden PTFB Pro’s icon – just click on the little arrow near the right edge of your taskbar. If you see PTFB Pro’s mouse-like icon in the resulting popup window then yep, Windows has hidden it.

There are different ways to tell Windows not to hide PTFB Pro’s icon depending on the version of operating system you’re running.

Windows 7

There are actually several ways to make sure PTFB Pro’s icon is shown under Windows 7, but the easiest is:

1. Click on the “Show Hidden Icons” arrow on the taskbar
2. Click and drag PTFB Pro’s icon out of the resulting popup window and into the notification area of your taskbar.

Vista

1. Right click in the task bar and choose Properties.
2. Switch to the Notification Area tab
3. Click “Customize…”
4. Find PTFB Pro’s icon in the list, set its behavior to “Show” and hit the OK button.

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