Let's assume your script wants to share status information via a balloon message in the system tray area. Here is a sample:
[system.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName('System.Windows.Forms') | Out-Null $balloon = New-Object System.Windows.Forms.NotifyIcon $path = Get-Process -id $pid | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Path $icon = [System.Drawing.Icon]::ExtractAssociatedIcon($path) $balloon.Icon = $icon $balloon.BalloonTipIcon = 'Info' $balloon.BalloonTipText = 'Completed Operation' $balloon.BalloonTipTitle = 'Done' $balloon.Visible = $true $balloon.ShowBalloonTip(10000)
Note that the code uses the icon of your PowerShell application inside the tray area so the user can associate the message with the application that produced it.
