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This provides several useful features as follows: Double-clicking on the icon will open the main dialog. You can access a pop-up menu by right-clicking on the icon:
From this menu, you can either Open Simple Failover (opens the main dialog), Pause / Resume all polling, or Exit Simple Failover. When all polling is paused, this will be indicated by two red vertical lines on the tray icon: The tray icon will also show balloon tips to inform you of any problems detected (when enabled in the Options dialog / General tab):
Hidden tray icon Windows XP (and later) has an option to hide inactive icons in the tray. This option is enabled by default, and so the Simple Failover icon may not always be shown:
You can click the left-arrow button to temporarily reveal the hidden icons:
You can configure Windows to always show the Simple Failover icon as follows: Right-click anywhere on the task-bar and select Properties:
In the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" dialog, click the Customize button (or un-check Hide inactivate icons to always show all tray icons):
In the "Customize Notifications" dialog, next to the line containing the Simple Failover icon and name, select Always show from drop-down list:
Click the OK button to save your changes. |