TrayBlank 1.4
Published
Version 1.4 of TrayBlank came about because version 1.3 had an annoying habit of disappearing from the tray. I was never sure if it was crashing, closing down cleanly in response to something I was unaware of, or if I was just being stupid and closing it myself without thinking. (I do have a strange tendency to close programs that I'm still using.)
This version should recover better from things that make the tray go away, and if you attempt to run a new copy of the program then it will bring the old one to the front instead of quitting silently.
One genuine new feature of this version is a progress bar - it shows how long it will be until Windows automatically starts the screen saver (if you don't move the mouse or press a key before then). This is just a guess based on how long it has been since the last user activity - many programs can prevent the screen saver from running by sending fake input to Windows or by adjusting system settings.
There is a new menu option that will open the screen saver section of the control panel where you can choose the screen saver to use (or change the timeout delay before it starts) and a tooltip that shows what the current value of the timeout is when you hover the mouse over the TrayBlank icon.
The new version is available from the downloads page.