Restore application from system tray

Question

What is the best way to programmatically restore and give focus to a third-party application (say, GoogleTalk or Twhirl) running in the system tray? I am writing my utility in C#, but I obviously have no control over the third-party application.

Answer 1

Use something like FindWindow / FindWindowEx to find the hidden window and get its window handle and then call ShowWindow ( handle, SW_NORMAL) to unhide it.

Use a tool like Spy++ (can be found in the visual studio tools menu) to find the parameters which can be passed on to FindWindow to locate the desired window.

Answer 2

Use an API call to send mouse click events to the system tray? Google WM_SENDMSG SendMessage Win32 API for a starting point

There's also another API call for setting focus once the window's back up.