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

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


ju.c


"Swifty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> 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" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:Oio$vX$(E-Mail Removed)...
> To remove the network icons from the 'Notification Area' you'll have to
> disable the network cards in "Device Manager".
>
>
> ju.c
>
>
> "Swifty" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
>> 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