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PONotifyIcon Context Menu Slows Down
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copied!<p>So, I have a [.NET] program that implements a NotifyIcon that persists in the Notification Tray in Windows for the entire time that the program runs. When I first execute the program, and for a small time afterwards, the NotifyIcon and associated ContextMenuStrip work an absolute charm. </p> <p>However, after some time of the machine being in a lower power state or just idle for a few hours, when trying to access the Context Menu, it can take up to 2 seconds for the object to draw.</p> <p>Is there some persistence need to define to get the menu to respond faster? Have I enabled an incorrect event that is firing a cleanup of resources?</p> <p><strong><em>Edit</em></strong></p> <p>It would seem that I have 3 options to see if I can get this to work:<br> 1. Insert a <code>SecureString</code> object into the <code>ContextMenuStrip</code> object; this assumes that by having the <code>SecureString</code> inside the <code>ContextMenuStrip</code>, the whole object will be treated the same and will not be page swapped<br> 2. Create a <code>Timer</code> that touches the <code>ContextMenuStrip</code> on interval in some manner to keep it in memory<br> 3. Alter <code>Process.MinWorkingSet</code> when the app has completed initial launch to try (read: hope) that the <code>ContextMenuStrip</code> object is kept alive and not something else</p> <p>I really am not a fan of items 2 or 3; 3 especially. I am going to try item 1 and see if it works.</p> <p>Thanks for the responses so far!</p>

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