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re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Friday, April 28, 2006 at 5:37 am Posted by Matt (11 messages posted) If you are refering to the envelope then next time it comes up, right click and select hide envelope. If you are refering to the square, gold coloured icon, then i don't think that there is a way to remove it. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Friday, April 28, 2006 at 5:44 am Posted by Tom (95 messages posted) Yes, I am talking about the square gold-colored icon. I figure there must be a way to get rid of it. It serves me NO useful purpose. Thanks, Tom On Friday, April 28, 2006 at 5:37 am, Matt wrote: >If you are refering to the envelope then next time it comes up, right click and select >hide envelope. If you are refering to the square, gold coloured icon, then i don't >think that there is a way to remove it. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Friday, April 28, 2006 at 5:49 am Posted by Matt (11 messages posted) Tom, i can't find any way of removing it. I did find it annoying until i right clicked it and checked the "Hide When Minimzed" option. Now when i minimize outlook, it disspears into that icon, i have always had outlook this way. Its odd that there isn't a setting to remove it if you don't want it though. Mabye there is a registry key somewhere. I'll keep looking [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Friday, April 28, 2006 at 8:03 am Posted by Tom (95 messages posted) Thanks Matt. I agree that it's odd, and certainly is annoying that one can't simply remove the icon the way all other programs allow one to do so. I am familiar with "Hide when minimized", but I rarely if ever minimize Outlook. Tom On Friday, April 28, 2006 at 5:49 am, Matt wrote: >Tom, i can't find any way of removing it. I did find it annoying until i right clicked >it and checked the "Hide When Minimzed" option. Now when i minimize outlook, it disspears >into that icon, i have always had outlook this way. Its odd that there isn't a setting >to remove it if you don't want it though. Mabye there is a registry key somewhere. >I'll keep looking [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Friday, April 28, 2006 at 8:35 am Posted by Larry (1310 messages posted) I use both Office 2000 & 2003 and can't remember ever seeing the Outlook icon in the systray, but if it's there it's because it's being started at bootup. Go to Run and type in msconfig and in the Startup tab find the entries for either/or Microsoft Office and Outlook and uncheck them. Look for other unnecessary startup items while you're there too. Apply and reboot. On Friday, April 28, 2006 at 5:07 am, Tom wrote: >Is there a way to get rid of it permanently? I do not want to use HIDE INACTIVE ICONS >as a part of my solution. > >Thanks, > >Tom [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Friday, April 28, 2006 at 8:49 am Posted by Tom (95 messages posted) Thanks Larry, but that's not the case here. My startup list has been trimmed to bare bones. Outlook is not there. The subject icon only appears after I start Outlook up. Not before. It is an annoyance and nothing more. I like to also keep my system tray icons down to a minimum. Thanks, Tom On Friday, April 28, 2006 at 8:35 am, Larry wrote: >I use both Office 2000 & 2003 and can't remember ever seeing the Outlook icon in >the systray, but if it's there it's because it's being started at bootup. Go to Run >and type in msconfig and in the Startup tab find the entries for either/or Microsoft >Office and Outlook and uncheck them. Look for other unnecessary startup items while >you're there too. Apply and reboot. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Friday, April 28, 2006 at 8:56 am Posted by Larry (1310 messages posted) Hmmm...weird. I'm at my office machine at the moment that has 2000. My 2003 is on my home machines, so I can't check now, but if it's appearing in the systray when you start Outlook, does it go away when you shut Oulook down? There must be a setting somewhere in Office or Outlook to show an icon that can be disabled. I've never had that happen, but I'll have to remember to check it out. Maybe in Options somewhere? If not, it probably can be disabled by a registry edit... On Friday, April 28, 2006 at 8:49 am, Tom wrote: >Thanks Larry, but that's not the case here. My startup list has been trimmed to bare >bones. Outlook is not there. >The subject icon only appears after I start Outlook up. Not before. > >It is an annoyance and nothing more. I like to also keep my system tray icons down >to a minimum. > >Thanks, > >Tom > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Friday, April 28, 2006 at 9:33 am Posted by Tom (95 messages posted) Thanks Larry. Yes, the icon appears when Outlook 2003 is started and goes away when it is closed. I can find no place to stop it from appearing. I also suspect there is a registry fix for this, but haven't seen it yet. Tom On Friday, April 28, 2006 at 8:56 am, Larry wrote: >Hmmm...weird. I'm at my office machine at the moment that has 2000. My 2003 is on >my home machines, so I can't check now, but if it's appearing in the systray when >you start Outlook, does it go away when you shut Oulook down? There must be a setting >somewhere in Office or Outlook to show an icon that can be disabled. I've never had >that happen, but I'll have to remember to check it out. Maybe in Options somewhere? >If not, it probably can be disabled by a registry edit... > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Monday, June 23, 2008 at 7:15 am Posted by mccanute (1 messages posted) Yeah OK, I know this is an old thread, but when I had the same problem it was the first I stumbled upon, and as it did not show a fix I found this elsewhere: Right click the Start menu - choose Properties - select the Taskbar tab - click the Customize button - select Outlook and from the scroll-down menu select Always hide. mccanute On Friday, April 28, 2006 at 9:33 am, Tom wrote: >Thanks Larry. Yes, the icon appears when Outlook 2003 is started and goes away when >it is closed. I can find no place to stop it from appearing. > >I also suspect there is a registry fix for this, but haven't seen it yet. > >Tom > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 5:07 pm Posted by Samuel Wang (1 messages posted) Right-click on Windows' Start button, and choose Properties. Click the Taskbar tab, and click the Customize button next to Hide inactive icons. The Customize Notifications dialog will open, and show you a list of icons that appear in Windows' system tray. Each description under the Behavior column is clickable, and expands into a drop-down menu containing options Hide when inactive, Always hide, and Always show. Click the behavior next to Outlook 2003's icon, and set it to Always hide. Click OK to validate your choice, and Ok to close the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties window. On Monday, June 23, 2008 at 7:15 am, mccanute wrote: >Yeah OK, I know this is an old thread, but when I had the same problem it was the >first I stumbled upon, and as it did not show a fix I found this elsewhere: > >Right click the Start menu - choose Properties - select the Taskbar tab - click the >Customize button - select Outlook and from the scroll-down menu select Always hide. > >mccanute > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum