Modify Windows 7 Notification Area

UPDATE:

Please dont use this version anymore cause its outdated, please follow the link for the new Version:
https://hianz.wordpress.com/2013/09/03/new-windows-tray-notification-manager-is-here/

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I recoded / updated the example of http://deployment.xtremeconsulting.com/2011/07/08/windows-7-notification-area-automation-falling-back-down-the-binary-registry-rabbit-hole/ in .NET. I used the same logics but with a different language. Also its faster in searching for the Program in the REG_BINARY data of the registry:

 

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Win32;
using System.Collections;
using System.Diagnostics;
class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Program p1 = new Program();

            string prName = null;
            RegistryKey myKey = Registry.CurrentUser.OpenSubKey("Software\\Classes\\Local Settings\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\TrayNotify", true);
            byte[] all = (byte[])myKey.GetValue("IconStreams");
            byte[] allwithoutheader = new byte[all.Length - 20];
            byte[] header = new byte[20];

            //Parse Header
            //------------------------
            for (int i = 0; i < all.Length; i++)
            {
                if (i <= 19)
                {
                    header[i] = all[i];
                }
                else
                {
                    allwithoutheader[i - 20] = all[i];
                }
            }
            //------------------------
            ArrayList blocklist = p1.storeBlocks(allwithoutheader);
            Console.WriteLine("Name(or part) of program:");
            prName = Console.ReadLine();

            string alldataString = null;
            bool found = false;
            int value = 0;
            int blocknumber = 0;

            for (int i = 0; i < blocklist.Count; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < 1639; j++)
                {
                    if (j < 528)
                    {
                        alldataString += System.Convert.ToChar(((List<byte>)(blocklist[i]))[j]);
                        if (j == 526)
                        {
                            string transformed = p1.Transform(alldataString);
                            string trimmed = System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.Replace(transformed, "\0+", "");
                            if (trimmed.Contains(prName))
                            {
                                alldataString = null;
                                Console.WriteLine("\n===================\n"+prName+" block found!"); //Block in ArrayList
                                Console.WriteLine("current setting --> " + ((List<byte>)(blocklist[i]))[528]);
                                Console.WriteLine("===================\nsettings: \n2 = show icon and notifications, \n1 = hide icon and notifications, \n0 = only show notifications\n===================");
                                blocknumber = i;
                                found = true;
                                break;
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            }

            if (found == false)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Nothing found");
                Console.ReadLine();
                Environment.Exit(1);
            }

            Console.WriteLine("new setting:");
            value = Convert.ToInt32(Console.ReadLine());
            ((List<byte>)(blocklist[blocknumber]))[528] = (byte)(value);

            byte[] alloriginal = p1.getOriginalFormat(blocklist, allwithoutheader.Length);
            byte[] combined = p1.Combine(header, alloriginal);

            myKey.SetValue("IconStreams", combined);
            Console.WriteLine("Successfully wrote to Registry, please restart explorer.exe");


            Process[] pp = Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer");
            foreach (Process p in pp)
            {
               
                p.Kill();
            }
            Process.Start("explorer.exe");
        }

        private byte[] Combine(byte[] first, byte[] second)
        {
            byte[] ret = new byte[first.Length + second.Length];
            Buffer.BlockCopy(first, 0, ret, 0, first.Length);
            Buffer.BlockCopy(second, 0, ret, first.Length, second.Length);
            return ret;
        }

        private ArrayList storeBlocks(byte[] all)
        {
            ArrayList main = new ArrayList();
            List<byte> bytelist = new List<byte>();

            int help = 1639;
            int j = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i < all.Length; i++)
            {
                bytelist.Add(all[i]);
                if (i == help)
                {
                    main.Add(bytelist);
                    bytelist = new List<byte>();
                    help = help + 1640;
                }
            }
            return main;
        }

        private byte[] getOriginalFormat(ArrayList list, int bufferSize)
        {
            int help = 0;
            byte[] original = new byte[bufferSize];
            for (int i = 0; i < list.Count; i++)
            {
                for (int j = 0; j < (((List<byte>)(list[i])).Count); j++)
                {

                    original[help] = (((List<byte>)(list[i]))[j]);
                    help++;
                }
            }
            return original;
        }
        private string Transform(string value)
        {
            char[] array = value.ToCharArray();
            for (int i = 0; i < array.Length; i++)
            {
                int number = (int)array[i];

                if (number >= 'a' && number <= 'z')
                {
                    if (number > 'm')
                    {
                        number -= 13;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        number += 13;
                    }
                }
                else if (number >= 'A' && number <= 'Z')
                {
                    if (number > 'M')
                    {
                        number -= 13;
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        number += 13;
                    }
                }
                array[i] = (char)number;
            }
            return new string(array);
        }
    }<!--more-->

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