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klyrs on Oct 10, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: Firefox tooltip bug fixed after 22 years

According to the article, systray.exe puts some icons into the notification area. Somewhat akin to calling a bus stop Lee because Lee uses that bus stop?

olddustytrail on Oct 10, 2023 [–]

I think you missed the point. Why isn't the process called noticons.exe then? Why is it called systray.exe? What does the "systray" refer to?

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