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re: Question about 'Customize the Tray' Friday, July 13, 2007 at 10:50 pm Posted by brynn (10 messages posted) Oh dear, I hope my 1st message did not sound critical. I certainly did not mean to criticize the article. Sometimes when I try to be concise, things don't come out the way I intend. Or maybe there's another reason why there haven't been any replies -- maybe because the answer is obvious ("just dl the programs supplied with the article (Tray)")? Maybe I'm being overly cautious, security-wise? But the program, "Tray", downloads from an IP address, which makes me nervous. And the description in the article "...customize the various aspects of the tray:" seems quite vague. And I'm a really new member here at annoyances.org, so I can't rely on very much past experience. (Although this very limited experience has NOT been negative.) (Sorry to be a bit long-winded, but I want to be sure I'm clear.) While waiting for replies, I've been doing further searching into the system tray problems. I've found several different programs which could address my several problems with the tray. So now I'm wondering if someone can tell me more specifically what "Tray" does. For example, does it have a working 'hide inactive icons' feature, to be used in place of the one supplied with XP which doesn't work? If so, does it override, replace the latter, or fix it? Can hidden icons be temporarily unhidden? Does it provide a means of launching other programs or apps from the tray? Thank you very much :-) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Question about 'Customize the Tray' Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 1:56 am Posted by brynn (10 messages posted) Hey, I think I may have found an actual fix for the disappearing tray icons problem. Well, it's not from Microsoft, so maybe it's not official....heck, maybe it's not technically a fix. I'll have to leave that to the more programming-aware members among you, to say exactly what type of software it is. But from what I can tell, it sounds like a very worthwhile little program, and certainly useful for customizing the tray. Although disclaimer, I have not yet downloaded or tried to use it yet. Look more than halfway down this page http://www.desktopian.org/appsi_comp.html, maybe 2/3 to 3/4 down, at the section titled "SysTrayHack". There are several links within that section where more knowledgable folk than I, can find detailed info about its origins and sources (I can't make heads or tails of it, myself). It is also freeware. I'd be interested to hear comments, should anyone have a chance to look into this program. [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