Public Declare Function Shell_NotifyIcon Lib "shell32" Alias "Shell_NotifyIconA" _
(ByVal dwMessage As Long, pnid As NOTIFYICONDATA) As Boolean 'declaracion para el shell icon

Public Declare Function SetForegroundWindow Lib "user32" _
(ByVal hWnd As Long) As Long

Public Resultado As String
Public Type NOTIFYICONDATA
 cbSize As Long
 hWnd As Long
 uID As Long
 uFlags As Long
 uCallbackMessage As Long
 hIcon As Long
 szTip As String * 128
 dwState As Long
 dwStateMask As Long
 szInfo As String * 256
 uTimeout As Long
 szInfoTitle As String * 64
 dwInfoFlags As Long
End Type
Public nf_IconData As NOTIFYICONDATA

'declaracion de constantes y de la api para crar un sysicon
Public Const NOTIFYICON_VERSION = 3
Public Const NOTIFYICON_OLDVERSION = 0
Public Const NIM_ADD = &H0
Public Const NIM_MODIFY = &H1
Public Const NIM_DELETE = &H2
Public Const NIM_SETFOCUS = &H3
Public Const NIM_SETVERSION = &H4
Public Const NIF_MESSAGE = &H1
Public Const NIF_ICON = &H2
Public Const NIF_TIP = &H4
Public Const NIF_STATE = &H8
Public Const NIF_INFO = &H10
Public Const NIS_HIDDEN = &H1
Public Const NIS_SHAREDICON = &H2
Public Const NIIF_NONE = &H0
Public Const NIIF_WARNING = &H2
Public Const NIIF_ERROR = &H3
Public Const NIIF_INFO = &H1
Public Const NIIF_GUID = &H4
Public Const WM_MOUSEMOVE = &H200
Public Const WM_LBUTTONDOWN = &H201
Public Const WM_LBUTTONUP = &H202
Public Const WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK = &H203
Public Const WM_RBUTTONDOWN = &H204
Public Const WM_RBUTTONUP = &H205
Public Const WM_RBUTTONDBLCLK = &H206

 With nf_IconData
  .cbSize = Len(nf_IconData)
  .hWnd = Me.hWnd
  .uID = vbNull
  .uFlags = NIF_ICON Or NIF_TIP Or NIF_MESSAGE
  .uCallbackMessage = WM_MOUSEMOVE
  .hIcon = Me.Icon
  .szTip = "Mi programa" & vbNullChar 'aquí se puede colocar lo que quiera que se vea al poner el cursor sobre el ícono
 End With
 Shell_NotifyIcon NIM_ADD, nf_IconData

Select Case Msg
  Case WM_LBUTTONUP 'restaura la ventana de formulario
    Me.WindowState = vbNormal
    Result = SetForegroundWindow(Me.hWnd)
    Me.Show
  Case WM_LBUTTONDBLCLK 'restaura la ventana de formulario
    Me.WindowState = vbNormal
    Result = SetForegroundWindow(Me.hWnd)
    Me.Show
  Case WM_RBUTTONUP 'desplega menú emergente
    Result = SetForegroundWindow(Me.hWnd)
    Me.PopupMenu Me.mnuMain 'mostrar el menu en el systray
  End Select

Me.Show
Me.SetFocus
Me.WindowState = 0