{"id":12435,"date":"2024-04-15T06:00:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/?p=12435"},"modified":"2024-04-15T06:00:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-15T13:00:02","slug":"version-5-1-released","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coretechnologies.com\/blog\/servicetray\/version-5-1-released\/","title":{"rendered":"ServiceTray 5.1: Improvements to Help you Control any Windows Service from a Taskbar Icon"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"ServiceTray<\/div>\n

ServiceTray 5.1 is out!<\/p>\n

This release includes several enhancements requested by folks using the software to control their Windows Services. Here’s a quick rundown of what’s new:<\/p>\n

You’ve got three more taskbar icons to choose from<\/h2>\n

One of the most common requests was for more taskbar icons. To fulfill that need, we added 3 more, bringing the total available to 9.<\/p>\n

You can see the new icons in this screenshot:<\/p>\n

\"3<\/a><\/div>\n

You can choose a different icon for each state of the service<\/h2>\n

Previous versions of ServiceTray displayed a single icon on the taskbar. The color of the icon would indicate the state of the service — green for running<\/font>, red for stopped<\/font> and yellow for anything else<\/font>.<\/p>\n

That visual system works well for most folks but relying on color as the differentiator falls short if you’re color blind. Indeed, if you’re one of the 300 million affected<\/a>, you may not be able to tell when your service is running and when it has stopped!<\/p>\n

To address our oversight, ServiceTray 5.1 allows you choose different icons\/shapes for the states of the service. When creating a shortcut, just click the Customize<\/b> button and select the icons you want to see:<\/p>\n

\"Select<\/a><\/div>\n

After clicking OK<\/b>, you’ll see your choices on the main window:<\/p>\n

\"Multiple<\/a><\/div>\n

Note that you can click the Reset<\/b> link to clear your selection or click the Customize<\/b> button to change them.<\/p>\n

You can easily see CPU usage, uptime, and other service information<\/h2>\n

Want to see how your service is doing? ServiceTray can help there too.<\/p>\n

Select Service Information<\/b> from the menu:<\/p>\n

\"DbxSvc<\/a><\/div>\n

The Service Information window will come up to show you:<\/p>\n