Notification area not hiding icons anymore

[Guest]

Hi there, i hope that you can help me. Just all of a sudden, the
notification area fails to hide unused icons. I usually have my screen at a
low resolution as i'm partially sighted, and rely on the notification area
shrinking to hide the icons i'm not using. Consequently this area takes up a
large portion of the taskbar.

I have checked in properties to ensure that the hiding of icons is still
enabled. I have even restored defaults so that all icons are set to be
hidden, yet there is no arrow and the icons are permanently shown.

Thanks

 

[Galen]

In keny had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Hi there, i hope that you can help me. Just all of a sudden, the
notification area fails to hide unused icons. I usually have my
screen at a low resolution as i'm partially sighted, and rely on the
notification area shrinking to hide the icons i'm not using.
Consequently this area takes up a large portion of the taskbar.

I have checked in properties to ensure that the hiding of icons is
still enabled. I have even restored defaults so that all icons are
set to be hidden, yet there is no arrow and the icons are permanently
shown.

Thanks

Try using this program (it's free to use most features) to reset the
taskbar:

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

If it works, don't thank me - thank Kelly.

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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