looking for help with trayserver.exe and windowsXP

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following on from my hard drive dying last saturday, i now have a nice new hard drive in my machine.

since it is new, it started out blank.

i have installed winXP and component manager.
via component manager, i have installed ObjectBar.

however, component manager has not installed trayserver >

i have retrieved a copy of trayserver.exe, but could some kind person please tell me the registry key i need to create so that trayserver runs at the correct point in time?

and yes, i have emailed stardock support, but i was hoping to get a fast response to the reg key question here, so i can get ObjectBar working soonest.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

1A:Stardock TrayMonitor

Reg Value is the path to the file.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
*sigh*
in my regedit, there is no base section HKLM

does the base key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

sound right according to your registry?

thanks for helping

/me wanders off to play in regedit
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry...HKLM is abreviation for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

Hope you get it working OK.


Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ah, thats what i guessed
the good news is it is now picking up tray icons!

the more mysterious news is that it is missing "keyboard launchpad" and "msn messenger" icons.

however, this is good enough for now

*4th attempt at posting to this thread*
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Be sure the 1A: is before the name 1A:Stardock TrayMonitor

I think that is what makes it load before your other startup items so it can pick up all the icons.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i have:
name = 1A:Stardock TrayMonitor
value = "D:\program files\common files\Stardock\TrayServer.exe"

strange.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
well, after a couple more reboots, the only system tray icon that is playing hide and seak is MSN messenger. sometimes it is there, sometimes it isnt. i can live with that

so, once more, many thanks jebland

without your help i would have had to wait until today to get the registry key from my work machine.



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Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
np...glad I could help. I don't know what could be the problem with Messenger, I don't use it. Maybe tech support can sort it out for you.

I think that MSN Messenger is loading ahead of TrayServer. I have a new Dell computer and I had a lot of trouble with MSN Messenger coming up whenever I accessed Outlook Express. Even after disabling it, it appeared in the system tray with a red x on it. I finally did a search & destroy in the registry to get rid of it, but I don't remember now where the startup was.
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Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
if you are running winXP Pro you can use start menu -> run "gpedit.msc" to set msn messenger to never load, which is how i normally have it set. i just havent got that far yet



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Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
feline
i have a similar problem however i don't have trayserver.exe on either my objectbar OR objectdock folders, so my icons don't work could you please send me the file ( [email protected] )or provide a link to it?
many thanks, piniata