I have windows set to hide certain icons in the notification window (bottom right corner next to the clock) permanantly. However when i restart the computer theres a few which always revert to "hide when inactive" instead of "always hide". this is really pissing me off... any ideas?
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Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area
23 durable postsStarted 2004-09-28Latest 2004-10-01
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Re: Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area
Try this: (found on the Internet, so not sure if it works 100%)
Create a file on your desktop, call it [b]Repair.reg[/b] and put the following lines in it: [code]Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer] "NoSaveSettings"=dword:00000000
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] "SystemTray"="SysTray.Exe" [/code]
Double-click Repair.reg, click Yes to import.
Also, are you set to auto-login to your computer? I've seen quite a few things mentioning it only occurs with auto-login users.
[quote]Methods/workarounds: Log off and Log back on, password protect your account or disable SSDP and uPNP Services.[/quote]
Re: Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area
yeah i am. thanks mate, will try the reg edit tonight :)
Get firef... uh, no.
Re: Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area
Were you successful? If not then try to check the group policy settings.
Re: Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area
[quote=v-vikand";p="56416]Were you successful? If not then try to check the group policy settings.[/quote]
No need to go that far.
Open up the Run command line and type "msconfg." Go to startup and see if any of the icons in question are attached to programs set to run at startup. Uncheck the ones that apply, click apply and restart. Also open the programs in question and look in the options for a "Start at Windows startup" option and uncheck it.
Of course none of this applies if the programs that are showing up you actually want to start at boot. I have nothing extra starting at boot. I'm convinced it makes my games run better.
Hope this helps. :RockOn:
^^ msconfig isn't a WinXP utility. And WinXP has the option to hide icons in your system tray without actually unloading the program, so you have more taskbar space. Icons such as the volume icon, network icon, soulseek, etc, you can still have running yet not appear until you press a button to show them. He wants them set to "Hide when inactive," meaning not closed.
[quote=picklemonkey";p="56797]^^ msconfig isn't a WinXP utility.[/quote]
Who said anything about it being an XP utility??
[quote=picklemonkey";p="56797]And WinXP has the option to hide icons in your system tray without actually unloading the program, so you have more taskbar space. Icons such as the volume icon, network icon, soulseek, etc, you can still have running yet not appear until you press a button to show them. He wants them set to "Hide when inactive," meaning not closed.[/quote]
I know.
I misunderstood the part about restarting and them being there again.
Actually he wants them to "Always hide", not just while inactive. Either of these are out of my realm of experteece as I only have 2-3 icons at any given time.
[quote=evangelion";p="56828]Who said anything about it being an XP utility??[/quote] The topic is Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area
[quote=_evangelion]Actually he wants them to "Always hide", not just while inactive. [/quote] Whoops, my bad. Got in a hurry on my post.
[quote=picklemonkey";p="56832]The topic is Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area[/quote]
I understand that.
Are you saying you can't use msconfig in XP???
Re: Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area
[quote=evangelion";p="56692]Open up the Run command line and type "msconfg." Go to startup and see if any of the icons in question are attached to programs set to run at startup. Uncheck the ones that apply, click apply and restart. Also open the programs in question and look in the options for a "Start at Windows startup" option and uncheck it.
Of course none of this applies if the programs that are showing up you actually want to start at boot. I have nothing extra starting at boot. I'm convinced it makes my games run better.
Hope this helps. :RockOn:[/quote]
can't really do this... the icons that i'm having prolems with are for my wireless keyboard which i kinda need to run on startup ;) also LAN connection unplugged one... which is a bit fucking stupid since i don't have a LAN connection and never did :roll:
tried running the reg edit but haven't shutdown yet
Re: Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area
Any results?
[quote=";p="56863]Are you saying you can't use msconfig in XP??? [/quote] Doesn't work in 2K, not XP. my fault again. I'll just STFU :Honest:
[quote=picklemonkey";p="57261][quote=";p="56863]Are you saying you can't use msconfig in XP??? [/quote] Doesn't work in 2K, not XP. my fault again. I'll just STFU :Honest:[/quote]
Your cool. They all start to blend together after awhile.
After all, XP's codename was NT 5. :WinkNSmi:
Re: Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area
my icons have a tendency to never hide and it used to frustrate the hell out of me, but now i just live with it.
looks like i'm stuck with it too, regedit didn't work :(
whats the group policy setting v-vikand?
[quote=xeb";p="57750]looks like i'm stuck with it too, regedit didn't work :(
whats the group policy setting v-vikand?[/quote] Did you disable your auto-logon or disable the SSDP and uPNP Services? Disable the services, if that doesn't work disable your auto-logon.
SSDP and uPNP Services would be what exactly? :oops: :lol:
Re: Win XP - hiding icons in the notification area
uPNP = (Un) Plug N Play
[quote=xeb] SSDP and uPNP Services would be what exactly? :oops: :lol: [/quote]
Control panel, Admin Tools, Services. Right click each service listed below, click Properties, change the Startup Type dropdown to Disabled, click Stop, click Ok. [list][][b]SSDP Discovery Service[/b] [][b]Universal Plug & Play[/b][/list]
They're both related to plug & play. If you don't want to disable plug & play, then set your account to not automatically log on and see if that helps.
thanks mate, will try tonight