[Release] DesktopBar - Reserve edge of screen

I was bored again and I needed a simple tool to preserve a edge on screen, so I made one.

Features

- Adjustable edge and size

- Trayicon

- Settingsdialog

Requirements

- Windows XP or Windows Vista

- .NET Framework 3.5

Initial settings

- Edge: Bottom

- Size: 32px

Changelog

2008-09-02 09:21 AM - v2.3.0 (12)

- Added a option to hide TrayIcon

- Pressing Strg+Alt+B will show options dialog

- Several small bugfixes

- Consumes less memory

2008-07-15 15:18 - v2.2.0 (5)

- Double click on trayicon will now open the settings dialog

- Settings dialog has now a "Quit DesktopBar2" button

2008-06-16 10:05 - v2.1.0 (4)

- Removed installer

2008-06-15 14:01 - v2.1.0 (3)

- Fixed a bug with resizing of the bar

2008-06-15 13:38 - v2.0.1 (2)

- Completely redone in C#

- Now with setup

- Added own options dialog

- Fixed the problem with systemtray menu (hope so)

2008-06-04 23:38 - v1.0.0

- Initial Release

Download

Download v2.3.0 (12)

#501807

Cool little utility. I always want to leave some space from my taskbar (on top) to the program I am running, so I see a small part of the desktop behind.

Many thanks, schmrom.

#501812

Cool little utility. I always want to leave some space from my taskbar (on top) to the program I am running, so I see a small part of the desktop behind.

Many thanks, schmrom.

Thanks for the comment

You mean on more than one side?

#501813

A screen plz?

But it sounds nice...

#501820

rg !!

but ..windows SP3 -miss...

..

#501821

Bug report: Whenever I try to right-click the system tray icon to get at the menu it disappears after a second or two. Makes it kind of hard to get at the options. Had to kill it manually from the control panel.

#501823

yes I had the same problems with right click on the tray icon and where is the default postion screen wise

#501837

oh.that is cool!

but when I killed the process,the edge of screen still preserved,

so ,why need keep the process runing? run it once, and quit ,it's work too,:-)

#501858

Bug report: Whenever I try to right-click the system tray icon to get at the menu it disappears after a second or two. Makes it kind of hard to get at the options. Had to kill it manually from the control panel.

Yes that one.

What does the app actually do?

#501860

right click problem here as well> Buddy..not recommended to dl

#501862

Are there any updates or builds that follow to address these issues ?

#502115

Are there any updates or builds that follow to address these issues ?

Yes, I am working on it.

#502121

thanks I will be waiting

#502123

I just need someone to test on XP, because I only have Vista

#502125

Bug report: Whenever I try to right-click the system tray icon to get at the menu it disappears after a second or two. Makes it kind of hard to get at the options. Had to kill it manually from the control panel.

I had the same problem too.

#502569

Okay, I pushed a update an I've redone it in C# and hopefully fixed the bug!

Edit: Found another bug, fixed it

#502666

I am having problems with the downloaded application - I did not know that I needed to download Microsoft .Net 3.5 and then it did not even give me the application I got a error message that it was unable to download I know that i was taking a chance since it has not been tested for XP so are you working on a version for XP ?

#502721

Ouch. German setup window? Thank god for my 5 years of it in school...hehe Still though, I have .net 3.5 installed and yet it complained about it (I think, my translation may be rusty). Why include an installer for something so little? Can we possibly get a standalone zip file?

#502751

Ouch. German setup window? Thank god for my 5 years of it in school...hehe Still though, I have .net 3.5 installed and yet it complained about it (I think, my translation may be rusty). Why include an installer for something so little? Can we possibly get a standalone zip file?

Sry, forget that I have a german Visual Studio Uploaded a standalone, link is in first post.

#502766

I just downloaded the new version and the right click menu still does not work correctly it times out with 2 sec.

#502784

I am on Windows XP btw sp3 rc

#502785

I just downloaded the new version and the right click menu still does not work correctly it times out with 2 sec.

Have you got the newest .NET Framework? If yes I will make a workaround...

#502787

Yes I have the .net version 3.5 it was downloaded and installed automatically with your last version with the installer. The Microsoft .net installed but then there were problems with the main application -giving me a error message that it could not download the Desktop bar

#502791

Small update to version 2.2.0 (5). Changes can be found in first post.

#505310

I can't see anything which i click the icon???

Is that my computer problem???

I only can see the tray icon.

I use the Windows XP or Vista(Eng.) are both doesn't work

#505576