i was looking for something to allow me to write systray apps for windows in java. i thought about using vc++ or vb, but i couldn't be arsed to try and get hold of the tools and get up to speed with it. so i had a quick google and found this:
http://members.lycos.co.uk/gciubotaru/systray/it's free and open source under the gpl.
i downloaded the dll and dropped it in to my system32 directory, compiled the sample code in eclipse and it ran perfectly first time. i was quite impressed (doesn't take much), so thought i'd share it here.