Tray icon and running in the background
On Windows, macOS and Linux the app keeps running in the system tray / menu bar so this computer stays reachable.
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Closing the window doesn’t quit
Closing the window (the ✕, or Cmd+W) hides it to the tray. The app — and with it remote access, your presence and approval windows — keeps running. When the app starts with your computer it starts in the tray only. Only one copy runs at a time; opening it again brings the existing window forward.
Approval requests
When someone connects by ID + code and Ask me before someone connects is on, the window comes to the front and stays on top until you answer Allow full control, View only or Decline.
Related help
The app’s sign-in screen
Sign in, choose the Silux Connect server or your own, connect to someone by ID + code, and share this computer’s ID and access code — including the “Ask me before someone connects” switch.
Troubleshooting
Fixes for the most common problems: offline computers, black screens, no control on a Mac, slow pictures, clipboard, files, wake, sign-in and the tray icon.