Windows Systems Tray [top] Official

Here’s a clean, functional implementation of a using Python ( pystray ) and PIL. It creates an icon in the system tray with a right-click menu.

# Draw a simple Windows-like colored circle draw.ellipse((10, 10, width-10, height-10), fill=(0, 120, 215), outline=(0, 0, 0)) draw.rectangle((width//2-8, height//2-2, width//2+8, height//2+2), fill=(255, 255, 255)) draw.rectangle((width//2-2, height//2-8, width//2+2, height//2+8), fill=(255, 255, 255)) windows systems tray

import pystray from PIL import Image, ImageDraw import threading import time def create_icon_image(): # Icon size (Windows tray expects small, e.g., 16x16 or 24x24) width = 64 height = 64 image = Image.new('RGB', (width, height), (255, 255, 255)) draw = ImageDraw.Draw(image) Here’s a clean, functional implementation of a using