The Serv-U Tray Icon allows you to quickly identify what is happening in Serv-U. In addition the Tray Icon allows you to start and stop the Serv-U Engine, to start the Serv-U Administrator, or to turn off the Tray Icon altogether. The Tray Icon only shows information about your local server, i.e. the Serv-U FTP server installed on the same PC as the Tray Icon.
The Serv-U Tray icon resides in the System Tray, usually on the lower right side of your Windows display, next to the clock (if enabled). The following are some example screen shots of the Serv-U Tray Icon in action.
To enable the Tray Icon use the "View | Tray Icon" menu option in the Administrator program. Once enabled through this menu option the Tray Icon will automatically show each time the PC is started. To disable the Tray Icon use the "View | Tray Icon" menu option or the "Exit" choice of the Tray Icon menu.
The Serv-U Engine is running but idle. There are no users connected and there are no transfers in progress.
One or more users are logged into Serv-U, however no file transfers or directory listings are active.
One or more users are logged into Serv-U and there is either a file transfer active or a directory listing or both.
The Serv-U Engine is offline. When offline, Serv-U is not accepting any connections from FTP clients. This may be the result of manually disabling Serv-U, or there may be an error. Possible errors can be that Serv-U is unable to open the port the server listens on for incoming clients, or there may be a problem with the registration information. In case of an error check the server’s session log for more information. If you can not log in through the Administrator program you can also examine the session log directly by opening the ServUStartUpLog.txt file in the Serv-U directory using Notepad.