To the horror of many a stupid person, I run quite a few applications in the system tray of my Windows machine at work. This is the full list, for my own reference next time I repave this box.

My icons

Miranda
Miranda is a clunky lightweight instant messenger client. It copes with the MSN Messenger and XMPP (for Google Talk) protocols, so that’s enough for me.
Network status icon
It’s not really an application. This lets my know my wired ethernet connection is working. Not much use, really, because I never unplug it.
AVG
We have the paid-for edition of this at work and I use it at home. It appears to function, though I might never notice if it was off.
intY Exoserver Connection Manager
Lets me find out stuff about our Internet connection, which is plugged into the back of a box called an Exoserver (remote managed tiny Linux box).
Poptray
Lets me know when I have new mail available to pop from the Exoserver. Doesn’t work with my home IMAP (over SSL) and I can’t be bothered to set it up for gmail because I don’t use that for much.
VB6 Scroll Wheel Fix
I occasionally have to mess about with some old VB6 apps. This makes the experience slightly closer to tolerable.
4t Tray Minimizer
Sometimes I want to get an application out of the way - including out of the taskbar. VMware Workstation is one such.
OneNote icon
Lets me get to OneNote quickly. I use OneNote for my TODO list and general note taking. I use it because it keeps out of the way and is searchable. One day I might go back to text files.
allSnap
Snaps toplevel windows to screen edges and other windows, just like some X window managers do. Works quite nicely.
KatMouse
Allows the mouse wheel to work in windows that don’t have keyboard focus, just like it does in X.
sqlmangr
Shows me that SQL Server is running (well, that one instance is). Lets me control the various instances I have running (or not).
Taskbar Shuffle
I don’t shuffle stuff in my taskbar, but it also has the feature of letting me close windows with a middle-click on their taskbar button. I’ve become accustomed to this with application tabs.
AutoHotKey
Lets you run scripts when a key combination is pressed. So far I’ve got around to configuring it to set my speaker volume. My keyboard is a Dell RT7D50. It doesn’t have those fancy multimedia buttons. Nice keyboard, though. Perhaps the best I’ve used.
Unlocker Assistant
It’s supposed to notice when I tried to do something and couldn’t because a file was locked, then offer to help unlock it. Sometimes it does that, sometimes it doesn’t seem to notice, but I have procexp, so I survive. It’s still pretty good, though.
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