Notification tray icons won't stay hidden

Regardless of RtClick>Properties>Customize, those #^$&@! icons keep
re-appearing.

The worst offenders are the two network connectors, though this laptop
is always wireless.

Is there a utility that will fix this?

Thanks,

Lon

You didn't say which icons you are talking about and we can't guess.

Have you contacted the vendor(s) of the software that is placing these
icons in the tray?
---
Leonard Grey
Errare humanum est

Lon wrote:
> Regardless of RtClick>Properties>Customize, those #^$&@! icons keep
> re-appearing.
>
> The worst offenders are the two network connectors, though this laptop
> is always wireless.
>
> Is there a utility that will fix this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lon

On Feb 21, 10:11*pm, Lon <londotpenne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Regardless of RtClick>Properties>Customize, those #^$&@! icons keep
> re-appearing.
>
> The worst offenders are the two network connectors, though this laptop
> is always wireless.
>
> Is there a utility that will fix this?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Lon

Right click an empty space on the Taskbar, choose Properties, in the
Notification area, consider checking the hide inactive icons box.
This will hide icons that are set to be hidden when inactive. Notice
how the display changes when you check and uncheck this box. You can
enable or disable to clock here also - some people don't know that.

Choose Customize.

Single click any item under Current Items and then set the desired
behavior.

Be sure to Apply everything. You can always change things back later.

Some things will have a property box in their configuration to display
an icon or not while it is running. Right click the icon of interest
in your taskbar and look through the settings and properties to see if
you can just turn it off completely, or maybe just hide it when
inactive. Sometimes it is obvious, sometimes you have to look for it,
sometimes there is no option (check the manufacturer WWW site maybe).
This is not the same as hide when inactive.

The network icon is one that you can choose to not display at all, or
only show it when it is connected. You change those properties in the
network connection properties itself.

The network one is the only one I have always displayed all the time
(except the clock), the rest of mine are either turned off completely
through their properties or hidden but I can expand the list out to
the left to display and manipulate the hidden ones if I want. After a
hide when inactive item goes inactive for a short time, it will slide
away and hide again.

Recurring items include this [partial] list:

MICROSOFT
Clock
Local area connections (I use wireless)
Volume

HARDWARE VENDOR (Toshiba)
HD protection
Bluetooth
Camera
DVD silencer


I've gone through the ritual RTCLK>PROPERTIES>CUSTOMIZE and selected
ALWAYS HIDE, then APPLY. No luck.

On Feb 22, 2:08*pm, Lon <londotpenne...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Recurring items include this [partial] list:
>
> MICROSOFT
> Clock
> Local area connections (I use wireless)
> Volume
>
> HARDWARE VENDOR (Toshiba)
> HD protection
> Bluetooth
> Camera
> DVD silencer
>
> I've gone through the ritual RTCLK>PROPERTIES>CUSTOMIZE and selected
> ALWAYS HIDE, then APPLY. No luck.

Did you check the individual property options for the icons by right
clicking them (like I said)?

Lets look at your Volume icon as an example.

I do not have a Volume icon because I disabled it in my Settings,
Control Panel, Sounds and Audio Devices settings. If I enable it
again, the icon shows up instantly.

There is a checkbox that says "Place volume icon in the taskbar". If
it is checked and applied, you will have the icon. If you uncheck it
and apply it, the icon should go away. At least that is the way mine
works.

If I right click the Volume icon in the tray and choose Adjust Audio
Properties, I get the same screen as if I chose it from the Windows
Control Panel. You can change back and forth and watch the icon
appear and disappear.

You can make the clock go away as I described earlier. Can you turn
your clock display on and off and make it stick? That falls into the
very basic configuration category.

Networking connection icons are similar to the Volume icon. If you
right click the network icon, choose Open Network Connections, right
click your wireless network connection, choose Properties, there is a
checkbox to display the icon or not display the icon. I only have one
wireless network connection to worry about. Mine is always displayed,
but that is the way I want it.

You should try to figure out the Toshiba stuff yourself using the same
ideas.

You may not be able to permanently disable the display of some of the
icons. Those you hide.

Be sure the Hide inactive icons box is checked like I said before. If
it is not checked, they will always be displayed.

It is not easy to make some of them go 100% away, but you turn most of
them off through their individual properties and hide the ones you
can't turn off completely.

Be sure to read, understand and follow all the instructions that come
with your responses.

It is no ritual. It is taking your time and figuring it out.

If these things do not work then you need to work on it a little
more. Maybe you can find some other computer that works the way you
want and see how it is set up.

Lon wrote:
> Regardless of RtClick>Properties>Customize, those #^$&@! icons keep
> re-appearing.
>
> The worst offenders are the two network connectors, though this laptop
> is always wireless.
>
> Is there a utility that will fix this?

As far as I know, you cannot fix this. I have the opposite problem, an
icon that I want always there, but which magically reverts to "hide when
idle" after a while.
I've even looked into writing my own utility to update the registry on a
periodic basis, to put them back as I want them, but the pointers to the
icons are in some bizarre binary format that I can't be bothered to
decipher.

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

Lon wrote:
> Regardless of RtClick>Properties>Customize, those #^$&@! icons keep
> re-appearing.

I can save you a click, though. RtClick the "<" symbol, Customise
Notifications!

I learned this trick only a few weeks ago myself.

--
Steve Swift
http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
http://www.ringers.org.uk

To remove the network icons from the 'Notification Area' you'll have to
disable the network cards in "Device Manager".


ju.c


"Swifty" <Steve.J.Swift@gmail.com> wrote in message news:#j7FQO9lJHA.4252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Lon wrote:
>> Regardless of RtClick>Properties>Customize, those #^$&@! icons keep
>> re-appearing.
>>
>> The worst offenders are the two network connectors, though this laptop
>> is always wireless.
>>
>> Is there a utility that will fix this?
>
> As far as I know, you cannot fix this. I have the opposite problem, an
> icon that I want always there, but which magically reverts to "hide when
> idle" after a while.
> I've even looked into writing my own utility to update the registry on a
> periodic basis, to put them back as I want them, but the pointers to the
> icons are in some bizarre binary format that I can't be bothered to
> decipher.
>
> --
> Steve Swift
> http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
> http://www.ringers.org.uk

Here are the two best free Tray Icon managers. They can hide icons and
restore them after an explorer crash. I use 'TrayManager 2.0 (PCMag)'
and it works excellent, haven't tried 'Tray Wizard' though.


TrayManager 2.0 (PCMag) 770 kb (Freeware)
Info: http://wittswallpapers.com/Oldies/indexoldies.html
Download: http://wittswallpapers.com/Oldies/traymgr.zip

Tray Wizard 4.03 400 kb (Freeware)
Info: http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/page31.html
Download: http://www.321download.com/LastFreew...les2/tw403.zip


ju.c


"ju.c" <bibidybubidyboop@mailnator.com> wrote in message news:Oio$vX$lJHA.5028@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> To remove the network icons from the 'Notification Area' you'll have to
> disable the network cards in "Device Manager".
>
>
> ju.c
>
>
> "Swifty" <Steve.J.Swift@gmail.com> wrote in message news:#j7FQO9lJHA.4252@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Lon wrote:
>>> Regardless of RtClick>Properties>Customize, those #^$&@! icons keep
>>> re-appearing.
>>>
>>> The worst offenders are the two network connectors, though this laptop
>>> is always wireless.
>>>
>>> Is there a utility that will fix this?
>>
>> As far as I know, you cannot fix this. I have the opposite problem, an
>> icon that I want always there, but which magically reverts to "hide when
>> idle" after a while.
>> I've even looked into writing my own utility to update the registry on a
>> periodic basis, to put them back as I want them, but the pointers to the
>> icons are in some bizarre binary format that I can't be bothered to
>> decipher.
>>
>> --
>> Steve Swift
>> http://www.swiftys.org.uk/swifty.html
>> http://www.ringers.org.uk