TrayBlank 1.3
Published
Whilst debugging the weird problem that I had with the JPEG Saver installer,
I realised that TrayBlank could do more to help
me out. In earlier versions, double-clicking the icon (or using the menu or
hotkey) would just send the SC_SCREENSAVE message to Windows
to start the screen saver and assume it was going to work. After all, why
would you want to start the screen saver if you didn't have one?
Version 1.3 adds some checking before attempting to start the screen saver. It will check that you have a screen saver selected, and that it is actually pointing to something that exists. If TrayBlank is not happy with either of these then it will show a balloon tip by its tray icon, suggesting that you fix it in the Control Panel.
Apart from that, I've also made this version cope with Windows Explorer being restarted. It doesn't happen often, but when your taskbar goes away and comes back again you really want your tray icons to come back with it. The new version is available from the downloads page.