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
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
- 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.
To clear Past items from the Notification Area
- Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe)
- Navigate to the following key:
[HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify]
- Backup the registry key
- Delete IconStreams and PastIconsStream values
- Restart the computer
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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