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Question about 'Customize the Tray'
Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 4:16 pm
Posted by Kat (2 messages posted)

How do I get rid of the icons in the tray (by the clock) without removing the programs from the computer?

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re: Question about 'Customize the Tray'
Monday, August 19, 2002 at 12:05 am
Posted by Olgrund (1 messages posted)




On Sunday, August 18, 2002 at 4:16 pm, Kat wrote:
>How do I get rid of the icons in the tray (by the clock) without removing the programs
>from the computer? The answer is to hit CTRL-ALT-DELETE and choose Task Manager. Then selecting the Processes Tab, try to figure out which processes are being run in the tray. Usually the tray programs are at the bottom of this list. For instance, if you had Norton Antivirus running in the tray, it would be called NAVAPW32.EXE in the Processes Tab. (I do NOT recommend disabling that one though!!!) Usually the names are relevant to the program being run. The Good: If you attempt to disable a process the system needs to use to keep running, it won't let you do it. The Bad: You will have to disable the unwanted tasks EVERY TIME YOU REBOOT. Many programs that use the tray icon allow you to choose their settings from the icon itself. If you right-click the icon for America Online, for example, it has a Settings or Preferences tab that lets you decide whether you want to have the icon pop up when you start the machine or not. For the ones that don't have this feature, try disabling them in the Task Manager. Hope this was helpful in some way. Olgrund

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re: Question about 'Customize the Tray'
Monday, October 28, 2002 at 11:26 am
Posted by Flower Child (1 messages posted)

Is there some way to get rid of the tray icons for good, so you don't have to redo that every time you reboot? Thanks in advance.

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re: Question about 'Customize the Tray'
Tuesday, March 2, 2004 at 1:31 pm
Posted by Regan (1 messages posted)

Edit the following registry keys and place semicolons in front of any command line that you do not wish to have startup every time that your machine starts and you login. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run


On Monday, October 28, 2002 at 11:26 am, Flower Child wrote:
>Is there some way to get rid of the tray icons for good, so you don't have to redo
>that every time you reboot? Thanks in advance.

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