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by mghackerlady 113 days ago
It's mainly to let you know that theres a program that's running in the background but not open so you can get to it easier. For example, I know a lot of chat clients will live in the system tray so they can show a little dot with your missed messages. Also, VPNs specifically use them to provide easy dropdown menus to change things like server location