Hofknecht
[Feature] Make it a bit more enterprise friendly
Hi. I have a few suggestions that would make SysTrayMenu more acceptable in an enterprise environment:
- A setting to reduce the context menu items, from this…
…to this…
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An option to require and set a password for entering the Settings menu.
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The ability to set a custom string for the caption when hovering over the icon in the system tray, rather than ‘SystemTrayMenu’.
Thank you!
Hmm never thought about that but sounds quite interessting.
As the settings are stored for the user he would still be able to alter the files where the settings are stored. If this is fine "to lock out normal or unfamiliar users" this could be done more easily. But a full blown solutions where settings are stored in some "corporate storage" which is write protected by some company access rights or anything similar could be more difficutly to implement.
Would you think the first/easier option would be sufficient?
Chaning the name also sounds interesting, so we might have a look at this.
Hi Peter,
Thank you for you reply.
For our purposes, it’s sufficient just "to lock out normal or unfamiliar users" so they don’t wander into settings and screw things up. Another (possibly better) approach would be to have an option to hide the Settings menu item altogether, but then we’d need a separate Settings tool to modify the user.config file, which would be fine with us.
-Greg
P.S.: I’ve also corresponded directly with Markus. Just FYI.
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Hmm never thought about that but sounds quite interessting.
As the settings are stored for the user he would still be able to alter the files where the settings are stored. If this is fine "to lock out normal or unfamiliar users" this could be done more easily. But a full blown solutions where settings are stored in some "corporate storage" which is write protected by some company access rights or anything similar could be more difficutly to implement.
Would you think the first/easier option would be sufficient?
Chaning the name also sounds interesting, so we might have a look at this.
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On second thought, we wouldn’t necessarily need a separate Settings tool. We would just need to have one computer where we haven’t hidden the Settings option. Or we go into the user.config and re-enable it there if we want to make a change. That would certainly be the easiest solution.
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Hi Peter,
Thank you for you reply.
For our purposes, it’s sufficient just "to lock out normal or unfamiliar users" so they don’t wander into settings and screw things up. Another (possibly better) approach would be to have an option to hide the Settings menu item altogether, but then we’d need a separate Settings tool to modify the user.config file, which would be fine with us.
-Greg
P.S.: I’ve also corresponded directly with Markus. Just FYI.
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Hmm never thought about that but sounds quite interessting.
As the settings are stored for the user he would still be able to alter the files where the settings are stored. If this is fine "to lock out normal or unfamiliar users" this could be done more easily. But a full blown solutions where settings are stored in some "corporate storage" which is write protected by some company access rights or anything similar could be more difficutly to implement.
Would you think the first/easier option would be sufficient?
Chaning the name also sounds interesting, so we might have a look at this.
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Hi @GregPick,
Thank you for you feedback and request.
We understand that you want to simplify the context menu, but removing the "About" section might obscure the tool’s origin. We’d prefer if the program clearly indicates it was developed by us, in accordance with our open-source guidelines.
If necessary, you can remove menu items via code and compile a extra company version, but the copyright and origin must remain clear so basically to remove 'About SystemTrayMenu' is not allowed.
For the icon, you can create a shortcut for the SystemTrayMenu exe, set your own icon, and even rename it.
You could sync the settings via any cloud using the option General ->'Save configuration file in application directory' and make it 'read only' either via windows file flag or via extra cloud user and the other users have only read access.
If SystemTrayMenu fits your company's needs, we'd appreciate a sponsorship.
If you need more help let us know
