Prevent animation on form.Show() when activated from a NotifyIcon?

Did you try reordering to put WindowState = FormWindowState. Normal before Show()? I believe the animation you are seeing is the standard window restore animation.

Since you are calling Show() before restoring your window, it gets an off-screen position.

If you need to hide the window when the program runs, your best bet is to create a class that derives from ApplicationContext and shows the NotifyIcon. You then use this class instead of form in the Application.Run.

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