ejs Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Sometimes the Macro Express icon disappears from my system tray. (Note it is not hidden or being treated as an inactive icon. It is really no longer in the system tray.) This is not a Macro Express problem. My windows OS has gotten a little flaky; I have the same problem that some other programs also have their system tray icons disappear. But as far as I can tell, there is no way for me to bring up the Macro Express editor without being able to click on the system tray icon. Is there some way (e.g., some command line I can run, or some other program in the Macro Express folder) that could do one of the following: - open the Macro Express editor without the system trail icon being there - restore the system tray icon Right now, what I have to do is open the task manager and kill the Macro Express process. Then I can relaunch macro express from the start menu. When the relaunch is, the system tray icon is generated so that I can access the editor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 Sometimes the Macro Express icon disappears from my system tray. (Note it is not hidden or being treated as an inactive icon. It is really no longer in the system tray.) This is not a Macro Express problem. My windows OS has gotten a little flaky; I have the same problem that some other programs also have their system tray icons disappear. But as far as I can tell, there is no way for me to bring up the Macro Express editor without being able to click on the system tray icon. Is there some way (e.g., some command line I can run, or some other program in the Macro Express folder) that could do one of the following: - open the Macro Express editor without the system trail icon being there - restore the system tray icon Right now, what I have to do is open the task manager and kill the Macro Express process. Then I can relaunch macro express from the start menu. When the relaunch is, the system tray icon is generated so that I can access the editor. This might get the tray icon back: Start > Run > C:\Program Files\Macro Express3\MacExp.exe -- Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randallf Posted March 5, 2009 Report Share Posted March 5, 2009 It will probably refresh the system tray icons if you drag the start bar to the side of the screen, release, and then drag it back. Now if only there were some way to automate that, so you could instantly fix it... hrm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 Sometimes the Macro Express icon disappears from my system tray. Does this happen when Macro Express first loads or after it has been running for a while? Normally this occurs when Windows boots and launches Macro Express. On some systems, Windows is not really ready for Macro Express to run when it loads it. To correct this, use the 'Wait for' option found in Options, Preferences, Startup. Set a value of 5 to 30 seconds. You might want to try a higher number and then systematically reduce it. But as far as I can tell, there is no way for me to bring up the Macro Express editor without being able to click on the system tray icon. The System HotKey to load the editor is Ctrl+Alt+Shift+W Sometimes the Macro Express icon disappears from my system tray. - restore the system tray icon Create a macro that contains the macro command Restart Macro Express. When the system tray icon disappears, run the macro to close and restart Macro Express. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ejs Posted July 11, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2009 Normally this occurs when Windows boots and launches Macro Express. On some systems, Windows is not really ready for Macro Express to run when it loads it. To correct this, use the 'Wait for' option found in Options, Preferences, Startup. Set a value of 5 to 30 seconds It has been a few months since I made this change, and I have not noticed the problem anymore, so this must have been the cause. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul Posted July 12, 2009 Report Share Posted July 12, 2009 Using MEP, I experience this problem several times a week. Rerunning Macexp.exe does not help. And when the icon is no longer visible (although Task Manager shows it it still running), hotkey macros don't work either. The only solution is to kill Macexp and restart it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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