VSTO create "notification bar"-like message in Outlook - vb.net

I'd like to ask my users a simple question if they reply to a particular kind of email, and rather than popping up a msgbox("Question?",vbYesNo) style prompt (or a custom form)
I'd like to do it with a notification bar - similar to the one you get when an add-in is disabled:
Is this possible?
I don't know if that's what it's called, and I'm struggling to find any documentation online that doesn't relate to android notifications or similar.
Thanks in advance for your help

The best you can do is a top aligned task pane - see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/vsto/walkthrough-displaying-custom-task-panes-with-e-mail-messages-in-outlook?view=vs-2017

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Thunderbird agenda native system notification?

I've been looking for an answer to this for weeks and figured I might just ask the question directly.
I'm using Thunderbird 102.6.1 on Windows 10. I'm looking to replace the "standard" Thunderbird agenda popups (see screenshot below) with a "native" system notification such as for Windows 10 Calendar (see 2nd screenshot below). This is mainly because the TB agenda popup steals focus from other apps and I often end up typing on that window instead of the one I was previously writing on, which is frustrating.
I know this is possible for email notifications and I've already enabled that in the TB options, however I couldn't find the equivalent for agenda alerts.
Thanks in advance for your help!
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How do i create my own right click menu on the desktop?

i have searched up and down the internet but cannot figure this out. So ive finally come here for the aid of some utter genius people.
I dont like the windows right click function as it has too many options. Some of the options like properties cannot be removed. So, i thought i could disable right click to remove the menu and create my own.
The problem i have is i cannot figure out for VS2010 how to right click on the desktop outside of the form/project and make a box pop up like the same behaviour as the built in one. I am ultimately wanting to be able to expand and add things but im falling at the first hurdle.
Can someone please tell me how to right click on the desktop and create a context menu popup where i can add my own items. i want it to behave the same as windows but i want it my own essentially. This way in the future i will be able to enable or disable my own functions i.e open/winrar/7zip / remove edit on the fly.
thanks
Ka0s
Remove/Disable the default menu of desktop is not a good idea at all
But you can add your own items as well using 3rd party apps
I made an app modifies the default menu ,it can append more items an sub items
I wrote it long time ago I do not remember if i still have the source code or not
App link

Delete Only My webbrowser Cache

in my my application i have webbrowser control, i don't want that users trace my web address, Because when i got to internet explorer in the history panel i found my website; Already on the list.
by using windows shell command they Will kill the whole user history; also they show me dialog box. it's not professional at All;
i mean this Command Line :
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("rundll32.exe", "InetCpl.cpl,ClearMyTracksByProcess 1")
So i would like to have solution form you masters how to remove only my entry for exemple : www.XXXXXXX.Net
Thank you best Regards
What you want to do may not be possible, check this link:
A quote from the answer provided by MSDN support at the link:
"Microsoft hasn't provided methods or events for users to iterate or clear the URL navigation history. But with the events already provided, like Navigated, Navigating, you could implement your own navigation history class to log or clear the history."
There are also other links on the thread that may help you to develop a solution.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/vstudio/en-US/dded6546-6e22-4542-b29f-7d0e1ec048a1/clear-browser-history-in-webbrowser-control?forum=csharpgeneral

What type of rollover menus does Apple use in their Contacts App?

Does anyone know how Apple creates their rollover menus in the Contacts "business card" view*? I am trying to replicate that interface in an App I'm writing, but I'm not sure how to get there via XCode. I'm currently running Mavericks...
Thank you in advance!
* i.e. the "work" heading for an address is a context-sensitive popup menu that allows you to copy the address, open in maps, etc...
I wasn't able to replicate the Contacts interface exactly (I suspect they are doing some custom drawing routines), but I came up with something that was good enough for me. I created pulldown buttons with the "gradient" style, and visual set to "bordered".
Here is the key: during startup, I call the following:
[myButton setShowsBorderOnlyWhileMouseInside:true];
When you hover over the button, it highlights. Click, and the menu drops down. Perfect!

Mac/Cocoa - Settings Pane Refresh App

I have an app that has 2 parts: A preference pane and an app that runs in the background.
I need the user to input some secure data in the preference pane, the pane then saves it to the keychain. My question is, what is the best way for the preference pane to tell the app to update from the keychain?
Let me know if you need anymore information
Thanks in advance.
Use NSDistributedNotificationCenter. The API is similar to NSNotificationCenter except that a distributed notification can be posted and received across process boundaries. So in your case, the preference pane would post a distributed notification with some unique name, and the app would register for that notification to know when to update from the Keychain.