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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 (124 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 (124 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 (1364 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 (124 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 (1364 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 (124 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] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 5:15 pm Posted by Joz (1 messages posted) Sam & mccanut: You guys need to learn to read the question before posting your "answers", because you look like clowns. The question SPECIFICALLY SAYS, WITH THIS INFO IN CAPS, that no solution is to include hiding inactive icons. On Wednesday, August 13, 2008 at 5:07 pm, Samuel Wang wrote: >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. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 4:43 am Posted by gnpaolo (1 messages posted) Thank you, Samuel & mccanute. Your solution is the best I found in the net :-) Dear Joz, before insulting people, please read the question and the answers with attention. You didn't :-( [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 1:07 am Posted by Pete (1 messages posted) On Tuesday, October 6, 2009 at 4:43 am, gnpaolo wrote: >Thank you, Samuel & mccanute. >Your solution is the best I found in the net :-) > >Dear Joz, before insulting people, please read the question and the answers with >attention. You didn't :-( gnpaolo, Joz did read the question and "answere" and he's right. The OP wrote "I do not want to use HIDE INACTIVE ICONS" yet that's exactly what Samuel and mccanute recommended. Anyway, it seems removing this annoying icon isn't possible. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 5:52 am Posted by Barry Toner (1 messages posted) What you need to do is: 1.Select tools from the menu. 2.Select options. 3.Tab until you get to email options, then press space to select this. 4.Tab until you get to advanced email options, then space to select.. 5.Untick all instances of where it says about desktop alert. 6.Click OK (a few times). That should do it, a bit obscure I know, but it appears in the system tray by implication rather than choice, On Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 1:07 am, Pete wrote: > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Tuesday, July 13, 2010 at 1:05 am Posted by SMAndy (1 messages posted) I know this is a *very* old topic, but I've fixed this on a PC.   Go to Tools> Options > COM Addins. I found 2 in there, turned them off, then BAM, all working as it should. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Monday, August 2, 2010 at 8:39 am Posted by Autumn (1 messages posted) I am having a similar problem. All of the sudden last week, my outlook started staying 'open' when I close it. It stays open in the form of an icon in my notification area (by the clock). I get the same e-mail on my phone, and I was using that to weed out all of the e-mail I don't want to keep. Now, since outlook keeps downloading all of my new mail, I get every message. I don't know how to fix this since I don't know what I did in the first place to make it happen. I'm not sure that hiding the icons will help, since I am sure that outlook will still be 'open' and downloading mail, and this is what I wish to stop. Any ideas? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Monday, August 2, 2010 at 9:01 am Posted by MartinM (7549 messages posted) Your best bet is to post at a Microsoft Office forum - Windows Secrets is a good one. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon Friday, October 1, 2010 at 3:09 am Posted by CS Li (1 messages posted) Try this: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914909.  It works for me. [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