Permanently hiding icons in taskbar

[TEK]

Hello!
I have installed some programs on the computer of my kids and I dont want
them to fiddle with their icons which are found near the time...they are
closing the programs all the time. I dont even want to hide the icons, I
want them gone from the taskbar without effecting the operation of the
program. I know XP allows icons to be always hidden but then you can reveal
them by clicking on the small arrow buttons...i dont want that, just want
them gone.
Thanks!

 

[Corday]

Right click and delete. Doesn't affect the program.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:01:55 PM, and on a
whim, TEK pounded out on the keyboard:

Hello!
I have installed some programs on the computer of my kids and I dont want
them to fiddle with their icons which are found near the time...they are
closing the programs all the time. I dont even want to hide the icons, I
want them gone from the taskbar without effecting the operation of the
program. I know XP allows icons to be always hidden but then you can reveal
them by clicking on the small arrow buttons...i dont want that, just want
them gone.
Thanks!

Right click on an empty area in the System Tray and select Properties.
On the Taskbar tab, if "Hide inactive icons" is checked click the
Customize button. From there you can select the drop down dialog to
Always Hide, Always Show, Hide when Inactive on a per icon basis.


Terry R.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:01:55 PM, and on a
whim, TEK pounded out on the keyboard:

Hello!
I have installed some programs on the computer of my kids and I dont want
them to fiddle with their icons which are found near the time...they are
closing the programs all the time. I dont even want to hide the icons, I
want them gone from the taskbar without effecting the operation of the
program. I know XP allows icons to be always hidden but then you can reveal
them by clicking on the small arrow buttons...i dont want that, just want
them gone.
Thanks!

Oops, in Vista it's the Notification area tab, not Taskbar.

Or you can remove them all in a registry change:
http://www.techmixer.com/disable-system-tray-icons-on-windows-xp-vista/


Terry R.

 

[PaulM]

Go here and download HideSystemIcons

http://www.paulsxp.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=125

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[Questor]

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Hello!
I have installed some programs on the computer of my kids and I dont want
them to fiddle with their icons which are found near the time...they are
closing the programs all the time. I dont even want to hide the icons, I
want them gone from the taskbar without effecting the operation of the
program. I know XP allows icons to be always hidden but then you can reveal
them by clicking on the small arrow buttons...i dont want that, just want
them gone.
Thanks!

Please do NOT multipost. This was answered in the other newsgroup you
posted the same question in.

Questor

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:01:55 PM, and on a
whim, TEK pounded out on the keyboard:


Oops, in Vista it's the Notification area tab, not Taskbar.

Please note--it's just a bit of trivia--that it was actually *always*
called the "notification area," even way back in Windows 95. "System
Tray" wasn't its *former* name, just an informal name for it.

Here's a Microsoft link to a Windows 95 page calling it the
"notification area":
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;139408

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:14:41 PM, and on a
whim, Ken Blake, MVP pounded out on the keyboard:

Please note--it's just a bit of trivia--that it was actually *always*
called the "notification area," even way back in Windows 95. "System
Tray" wasn't its *former* name, just an informal name for it.

Here's a Microsoft link to a Windows 95 page calling it the
"notification area":
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;139408

Hi Ken,

Look at the posts in xp.general of the same. Many more call it the
System Tray than Notification Area, as Google came up with a paltry
320,000 hits for NA and almost 2 million for ST.

And as I stated to someone in that group, if the "core group" that
developed it wanted it to be called that, they should have had the
executable that controls it named to something other than systray.exe
which still exists today.

MS can't make up their mind either, so who are they to tell us what's
right and what's wrong:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310578
;-)

Terry R.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

The date and time was Thursday, February 12, 2009 5:14:41 PM, and on a
whim, Ken Blake, MVP pounded out on the keyboard:


Hi Ken,

Look at the posts in xp.general of the same. Many more call it the
System Tray than Notification Area, as Google came up with a paltry
320,000 hits for NA and almost 2 million for ST.

Yes, as I said, both names are used, and it's certainly not strange
that the informal name is more common than the formal one.

And as I stated to someone in that group, if the "core group" that
developed it wanted it to be called that, they should have had the
executable that controls it named to something other than systray.exe
which still exists today.

MS can't make up their mind either, so who are they to tell us what's
right and what's wrong:

Like many companies, Microsoft does many things well but other things
not so well. In my view, giving names to things is one of their
weakest areas.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Friday, February 13, 2009 7:33:15 AM, and on a
whim, Ken Blake, MVP pounded out on the keyboard:

Yes, as I said, both names are used, and it's certainly not strange
that the informal name is more common than the formal one.




Like many companies, Microsoft does many things well but other things
not so well. In my view, giving names to things is one of their
weakest areas.

Like clicking "Start" to shut down? ;-)

Did MS first decide to base their Win95 campaign on "Start Me Up" by the
Stones and THEN create the Taskbar?


Terry R.