i cant answer the first one! u cant make empty variables! when u create them and do not assign them a value they are null. u can try assinging them an empty string like code>string empty = "";<

thx for the help guys appreciate it

other than that u could just insert a notifyicon component from the toolbox :P i jsut havent figured out how to add a context menu to it!

sorry judah didnt get that last part! could u exemplify! thx in advance i was needing this for another app

how can i encrypt the output of my program using the 128 bit encrypt algorithm?