AeTrayMenu can perform certain actions when menu items are clicked by the user. There are also other places where actions appear, such as the [DoubleClickAction] section, and batch action sections.
First of all, you often need to specify which action you want to have performed by specifying an Action
parameter. Furthermore, some actions also require additional parameters.
The following is a list of all the available action types along with a description. Actions that need additional parameters will be explained in more detail in separate topics.
- about
- Displays the AeTrayMenu about dialog.
- closeservices
- In order to be able to monitor the services you've specified, AeTrayMenu keeps handles open to them. If you want to uninstall a service from within the traymenu, this will cause it to be "marked for deletion" (that is: it won't be fully removed until a reboot) since Windows detects it's still in use. By executing the
closeservices
action, you can make sure AeTrayMenu won't interfere. You can let AeTrayMenu re-open the handles by executing the resetservices
action.
If you want to uninstall a service from an external program while AeTrayMenu is running, you can use command-line parameters to temporarily shut the traymenu down.
- controlpanelservices
- Displays the "Services" console (on NT systems, you can open it by going to Start > Settings > Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services).
- exit
- Shuts down AeTraymenu.
- multi
- Provides you with a way to execute multiple actions consecutively, much like Windows/DOS batch files. More information... (See also How to Use Batch Actions).
- readconfig
- This actions lets AeTrayMenu reset itself and reload its configuration file.
- resetservices
- Causes AeTrayMenu to reset all its handles to the services it monitors. Can e.g. be used to 'restore' the traymenu after a call to the
closeservices
action.
- run
- With this type of action, you can run a program. You can specify which program is to be executed, along with the working directory, parameters etc. More information...
- service
- Allows you to start, stop, suspend, resume and restart services. More information...
- shellexecute
- This action is similar to the
run
action, but it can also be used to open documents with their associated programs. More information...

See Also
[Menu.*] Section
[DoubleClickAction] Section
How to Use Batch Actions
Command-line parameters