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  1. #1
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    To customize notification area

    hello everyone,

    I want to clear some past items from the notification area in my Windows system. Can anybody help me providing the necessary steps for customizing notification area ?

    thanks

  2. #2
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    Re: To customize notification area

    • Open your registry and find the key below :

      User Key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify]
      Value Name: IconStreams, PastIconsStream
      Data Type: REG_BINARY (Binary Value)


    • To clear the notification history delete the values called "IconStreams" and "PastIconsStream".

    • Open Task Manager, click the Processes tab, click Explorer.exe, and then click End Process.

    • In Task Manager, click File, click New Task, type explorer, and then click OK.

  3. #3
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    Re: To customize notification area

    To clear Past items from the Notification Area

    1. Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe)
    2. Navigate to the following key:

      [HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify]

    3. Backup the registry key
    4. Delete IconStreams and PastIconsStream values
    5. Restart the computer

  4. #4
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    Re: To customize notification area

    To clear the Past Items list manually, follow the steps below:

    >> Click Start, type regedit.exe and press Enter
    >> Navigate to the following branch:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify

    >> Delete the values IconStreams and PastIconsStream
    >> Quit the Registry Editor
    >> Open Task Manager (taskmgr.exe), click the Processes tab
    >> Select Explorer.exe, and then click End Process
    >> In Task Manager, click File, click New Task, type explorer, and then click OK.

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