System Tray Icon for Watch Folders

If Watch Folders are active, a system tray icon is displayed that gives information about the progress and errors, and offers several options regarding the active Watch Folder.

To open the context menu, click the system tray icon.

Figure 1. System tray icon on Windows
Explore Watch Folder

Lets you open the active Watch Folders in the File Explorer/macOS Finder.

Info

Opens a pop-up message about the number of successfully processed files and the number of error messages.

Open Log File

Opens the log file for the Watch Folders.

Start WaveLab Pro

If the system tray icon corresponds to a background instance of WaveLab Pro, this option opens a new WaveLab Pro instance.

If there is already a visible instance of WaveLab Pro, it is put to the front.

Start

Activates the Watch Folders. If this option is not available, the Watch Folders are already activated.

Pause

If this option is activated, WaveLab Pro stops watching folders. If files are being processed, their processing is paused. It will continue as soon as Pause is deactivated.

Stop

If this option is activated, WaveLab Pro stops watching folders and cancels any batch processing that is taking place.

Quit

Quits WaveLab Pro and cancels any batch processing that is active. This option is only available if WaveLab Pro is running in the background.

System Tray Status Icons

The system tray icon changes according to the status of the Watch Folder.

Active

Indicates that the Watch Folder is active.

Processing

Indicates that the Watch Folder is processing.

Pause

Indicates that the Watch Folder is paused.

Stop

Indicates that the Watch Folder is stopped.

Error

Indicates that an error occurred during processing. However, processing is not stopped.