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RazzRJB
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Mon Nov 08, 2004 2:30 am Post subject:
Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_ADD failed |
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I've checked everywhere, what the hell does this mean? "Shell_NotifyIcon
NIM_ADD failed" |
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Charles Oppermann
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Tue Nov 09, 2004 7:32 am Post subject:
Re: Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_ADD failed |
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| Quote: | I've checked everywhere, what the hell does this mean? "Shell_NotifyIcon
NIM_ADD failed"
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Hmm, this has nothing to do with file systems, so you may want to check the
Shell newsgroup.
However, Shell_NotifyIcon relates to the notification area near the clock on
the taskbar. Things like volume and network status can show up there.
"Shell_NotifyIcon" is the name of the Windows function that is used to
create icons in the notification area. "NIM_ADD" stands for "notify icon
message - add" and is a parameter passed to the Shell_NotifyIcon function.
So, for some reason, a program is trying to present some information as a
notification icon and cannot. If this happens while the computer is
booting, I would investigate what applications are configured to load up at
boot and try disabling one at a time until the problem is found.
Also, check the event logs for additional details. Although any program
that presents such a unhelpful error message isn't likely to report
information in the event logs.
Good luck! |
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RazzRjb
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Sun Nov 21, 2004 1:29 pm Post subject:
Re: Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_ADD failed |
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OK, at least I was right about it pertaining to the notification area near
the clock on
the taskbar. When the computer is booting up and the notification tag comes
up, some or sometimes all of the icons for the programs running will not
load. I'll try doing what you said but it is an intermittent problem so it
may take a while to find out which program is causing the problem. However, I
do suspect a few, so of course I'll start with them first. I'll let you know
what I find out. Thanks for the help.
Russ
"Charles Oppermann" wrote:
| Quote: | I've checked everywhere, what the hell does this mean? "Shell_NotifyIcon
NIM_ADD failed"
Hmm, this has nothing to do with file systems, so you may want to check the
Shell newsgroup.
However, Shell_NotifyIcon relates to the notification area near the clock on
the taskbar. Things like volume and network status can show up there.
"Shell_NotifyIcon" is the name of the Windows function that is used to
create icons in the notification area. "NIM_ADD" stands for "notify icon
message - add" and is a parameter passed to the Shell_NotifyIcon function.
So, for some reason, a program is trying to present some information as a
notification icon and cannot. If this happens while the computer is
booting, I would investigate what applications are configured to load up at
boot and try disabling one at a time until the problem is found.
Also, check the event logs for additional details. Although any program
that presents such a unhelpful error message isn't likely to report
information in the event logs.
Good luck!
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