Windows Tray App No Output

[RichMawdsley]

Powershell Studio 5.5.154 64 bit
Windows 10 x64 v1703

Attempting to use the Windows Tray App feature, but regardless of what I try, nothing will output on screen.

I have tried my own simple script below, which should output something regardless every 10 seconds, and your example one here: https://www.sapien.com/blog/2017/07/10/ ... owershell/

The App simply runs in the system tray, but the Write-Host outputs never pop up.

Code: Select all

function LoadFile
{
$Global:File = Test-Path -Path C:\temp\test.txt	
}


$ProgressPreference = "SilentlyContinue"

while ($true)
{
	LoadFile
	if ($Global:file -eq $true)
	{
		Write-Host "Hello!"
	}
	Else
	{
		Write-Host ":("
	}
	Start-Sleep -Sec 10
}

Please help! Thanks, Rich.

[Olga_B]

Hello,
I can't reproduce your issue. I created Tray app using your code. It works as expected.

Also it can be Windows issue. Try to re-start machine or re-logon

[RichMawdsley]

Interesting! I just tried it on my home machine, and yes as you say it runs fine..

Which means it's something we've configured on work computers that's blocking it.. Tray notification / tool tips type things..

I'll dig in and post what I find!

[RichMawdsley]

Ok, found the culprit!

"Turn off all balloon notifications" - We have this set to Enabled. Which in turn seemingly stops Powershell Studio's implementation of Toast Notifications.. which is odd, because other apps can call toasts fine.

https://getadmx.com/?Category=Windows_1 ... ifications

[Olga_B]

Glad to hear that you solved problem