Are admin rights needed to create a notify icon

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I am using WPF NotifyIcon https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/36468/WPF-NotifyIcon-2 by Philipp, for one of my tools. I am unable to create a notify icon without admin rights in the system tray. The tool will run at end user's machines which will not have any admin rights and the tool is failing to create the notify icon.

What I have tried:

This is the code in my Main() method

public static void Main(string[] args)
{
    DOTray dt = new DOTray();
    //Make the icon visible. Most imp
    MyDOIcon.Visibility = System.Windows.Visibility.Visible; 
}

This is the WPF window code

<Window 
        x:Class="DeviceOne.DOTray"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:mc="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/markup-compatibility/2006"
        Title="DeviceOne"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:local="clr-namespace:DeviceOne"
        xmlns:gif="http://wpfanimatedgif.codeplex.com"
        xmlns:app="clr-namespace:DeviceOne"
        xmlns:tb="http://www.hardcodet.net/taskbar"
        WindowStyle="None"
        WindowStartupLocation="CenterScreen"
        BorderBrush="Gray"
        BorderThickness="1"
        Icon="/Resources/DOBlue.ico"
        ShowInTaskbar="False"
        Visibility="Hidden"
        xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008"
        mc:Ignorable="d"
        Height="300" Width="300" Name="TopWindow" ResizeMode="NoResize">
    
    <Grid>
        <tb:TaskbarIcon x:Name="MyDOIcon" IconSource="Resources/DOBlue.ico" ToolTipText="DeviceOne"  Visibility="Collapsed" PopupActivation="LeftOrDoubleClick">
            <tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayToolTip>
                <Border
                    Background="#FF4B4B4B"
                    BorderBrush="#ffed00"
                    BorderThickness="2"
                    CornerRadius="4"
                    Opacity="0.8"
                    Width="120"
                    Height="40">
                    <TextBlock FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="#ffed00"
                        Text="DeviceOne"
                        HorizontalAlignment="Center"
                        VerticalAlignment="Center" />
                </Border>
            </tb:TaskbarIcon.TrayToolTip>
            <tb:TaskbarIcon.ContextMenu>

                <ContextMenu FontWeight="Bold" Foreground="#FF4B4B4B" FontStyle="Normal" FontFamily="Microsoft YaHei" BorderThickness="1.2" BorderBrush="#FF747474" >
                    
                    <MenuItem Header="User Info" ToolTip="Load User Information" Click="UserInfo_Click">
                        <MenuItem.Icon>
                            <Image Source="Resources/user-info-new.png"></Image>
                        </MenuItem.Icon>
                    </MenuItem>
                    
                    <MenuItem Header="Restore Windows" Click="RestoreWindows_Click" >
                        <MenuItem.Icon>
                            <Image Source="Resources/Restore-Window-Icon.png"></Image>
                        </MenuItem.Icon>
                    </MenuItem>
                    
                    <MenuItem Header="About DeviceOne" Click="AboutDeviceOne_Click" >
                        <MenuItem.Icon>
                            <Image Source="Resources/DO.png"></Image>
                        </MenuItem.Icon>
                    </MenuItem>
                    
                    <MenuItem Header="Exit" Click="ExitDeviceOne_Click" >
                        <MenuItem.Icon>
                            <Image Source="Resources/exit-icon.png"></Image>
                        </MenuItem.Icon>
                    </MenuItem>
                </ContextMenu>
            </tb:TaskbarIcon.ContextMenu>
        </tb:TaskbarIcon>
        
    </Grid>
</Window>

This is failing to create icon when not run as admin. Are admin rights really needed to create a simple icon? or is something wrong with code? Please help!