1. Prepare icons in ico format

star_bethlehem_icon

filename changed tostar.ico

2. Install VSCode

How to download and install the VSCode
extension: PowerShell extension

3. Create a project

1. Run the PowerShell command

mkdir trayicon_ps1;cd trayicon_ps1;New-Item trayicon.ps1;code .

2. Put it star.icointo trayicon_ps1the folder

4. Modify the encoding of trayicon.ps1

Select file trayicon.ps1
Click on the lower right corner UTF-8
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Select 通过编码保存

SelectUTF-8 with BOM

5. Edit trayicon.ps1

# 脚本文件编码为UTF8 with BOM才能支持中文

# 加载WinForms程序集
Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Windows.Forms
Add-Type -AssemblyName PresentationFramework

# 图标文件路径要使用完整的路径。
$iconPath = "$(Get-Location)/star.ico"
$tooltip = "这是文字"

# 右键菜单
$contextMenu = [System.Windows.Forms.ContextMenuStrip]::new()

$menuItemMsg = [System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]::new()
$menuItemMsg.Text = "弹出消息框"
$menuItemMsg.add_Click({
    
     [System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show('这是消息框') })
$null = $contextMenu.Items.Add($menuItemMsg)

$menuItemExit = [System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripMenuItem]::new()
$menuItemExit.Text = "退出"
$menuItemExit.add_Click({
    
     $script:done = $true }) # 单击菜单项时，将$done设置为$true。
$null = $contextMenu.Items.Add($menuItemExit)

# 构造NotifyIcon对象。
$notifyIcon = [System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon]::new()
$notifyIcon.Icon = [System.Drawing.Icon]::ExtractAssociatedIcon($iconPath)
$notifyIcon.Text = $tooltip
$notifyIcon.Visible = $true
$notifyIcon.ContextMenuStrip = $contextMenu
$notifyIcon.add_Click({
    
     
    param($evtSender, $evtArgs)
    if ($evtArgs.Button -eq [System.Windows.Forms.MouseButtons]::Left){
    
    
        [System.Windows.MessageBox]::Show("单击了图标")
    }
})

# 定义一个变量，该变量表示是否应退出脚本，并从add_Click()事件处理程序设置为$true。
$done = $false

Write-Verbose -Verbose @"
Adding a PowerShell icon to notification area (system tray).
Use the icon's context menu to quit this script, 
or press Ctrl-C in the console window.
"@

# Loop
try {
    
    
    while (-not $done) {
    
    
        # 使WinForms处理其事件。
        [System.Windows.Forms.Application]::DoEvents()
        # 睡一会儿，保持用户界面的响应。
        # 理论上可以在这里执行其他任务，只要它们快速完成，以便仍然允许足够频繁的DoEvents()调用。
        Start-Sleep -MilliSeconds 100
    }
}
finally {
    
    
    # 处理通知图标，删除图标。
    $notifyIcon.Dispose()
    Write-Verbose -Verbose 'Exiting.'
}

6. Final effect

Click the triangle icon in the upper right corner to run the script.
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Mouse hover effect.

Mouse click effect.

Right mouse button effect.

Pop-up message box button effect

. The exit button just exits and has no effect.

7. How to not display the powershell window

Newstart.vbs

set ws=createobject("wscript.shell")
ws.Run "powershell.exe .\trayicon.ps1" , 0, False

Double click to run

powershell script writes a tray icon