About the Task Tray and Desktop Actions applications

WhatsUp Gold installs two task bar icons on your computer.

• The Task Tray icon alerts you to the status of the application as a whole.
• The Desktop Actions icon displays to indicate that the application for Sound and Text-to-Speech actions is turned on.

  Note: Desktop Actions must be running for the Sound and Text-to-Speech actions to work.

WhatsUp Gold Icons

During normal operation, the Task Tray icon displays the worst state of all devices on your map.

Tip: You can enable tooltips to have the icon display any state change that occurs on the system. To do this, right-click on the icon and select or clear Enable Tooltips.

When the WhatsUp Gold service is stopped and the polling engine is not running, this icon appears:

In this case, you need to restart the WhatsUp Polling Engine service. If the polling engine is not running, WhatsUp Gold is not connected to the database, and nothing in the application functions properly.

• To turn off the Task Tray Application and icon , right-click on the icon, then click Close Task Tray Application.
• To turn off the Desktop Actions icon , right-click the icon, then click select Close.

Note: Sound and Text-to-Speech actions are disabled when you close the Desktop Actions icon.

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