Quick Icons

[Guest]

I need to get the little icons off of the task bar on my desktop. it takes
my computer to long to start up with all these showing in the lower right
hand corner. Thanks

 

[Still_A_Novice]

I need to get the little icons off of the task bar on my desktop. it takes
my computer to long to start up with all these showing in the lower right
hand corner. Thanks

Goto: Start/Run
and type: msconfig
In the dialog pane that appears, click the StartUp tab
Listed will be everything that loads with Windows
Remove ticks from items you don't require to auto-load,
be careful to only disable items you know what they are.
Example, realplayer defaults to the startup folder, but
who needs it to load every time we boot!
But don't disable anti-virus or firewall - just in case you
boot and logon but forget to enable them!
Once you have selected items to disable,
Click the apply button followed by the OK button
Then RESTART your PC.

 

[Haggis]

Goto: Start/Run
and type: msconfig
In the dialog pane that appears, click the StartUp tab
Listed will be everything that loads with Windows
Remove ticks from items you don't require to auto-load,
be careful to only disable items you know what they are.
Example, realplayer defaults to the startup folder, but
who needs it to load every time we boot!
But don't disable anti-virus or firewall - just in case you
boot and logon but forget to enable them!
Once you have selected items to disable,
Click the apply button followed by the OK button
Then RESTART your PC.

msconfig is actually meant for trouble shooting ..not as a permanent fix.

using it will prevent the program from loading at all ....I assume the OP
wants the program but not the icons ? if not ...uninstall the program ,
don't just disable it

normally the icons can be removed by going to each programs options and
unticking "show icon on task bar" or similar

 

[Michael T]

In my view the most effective method for removing auto-run locations from
the registry is to download and launch Autoruns.exe at

http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/freeware/autoruns.shtml

You can either disable them or delete them.

 

[Patty]

I need to get the little icons off of the task bar on my desktop. it takes
my computer to long to start up with all these showing in the lower right
hand corner. Thanks

There's a little program called Startup Control Panel you can find on
http://www.mlin.net/. It works very well. However, you should try to find
out which startup programs you really need and which can be safely removed.
You can find more information about startups at
http://www.pacs-portal.co.uk/startup_index.htm to help you decide which you
need to keep and which are safe to get rid of.

Patty

 

[deango]

Bech. Download a free program called Windows Startup Inspectors here: http://www.windowsstartup.com/.
It will tell you what each one does and how important it is. You can disable, remove or leave active. I put a shortcut in the quick launch for easy access. Nice graphic display too.
You do have to be connected for it to give the exact descriptions of each startup item.
Ta.....deango
BECH wrote:
: : I need to get the little icons off of the task bar on my desktop.
: : it takes my computer to long to start up with all these showing in
: : the lower right hand corner. Thanks

 

[Ken Blake]

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I need to get the little icons off of the task bar on my
desktop. it
takes my computer to long to start up with all these showing in
the
lower right hand corner. Thanks

First of, note that they are not "Quick Icons." You're talking
about a part of the taskbar called the "System Notification
Area," or, less formally, the "System Tray." These icons
represent programs, usually running in the background and usually
started automatically when you boot.

However, note that not all programs started automatically
manifest themselves by icons in the Tray, and not all icons there
necessarily represent programs started automatically. So your
concern more properly should be with what is starting
automatically, not with what's in the Tray.

And what you probably want to do is not just get rid of the
icons, but stop the programs from starting automatically.

Be very careful of what you get rid of. Some of those, for
example your anti-virus program, are critical, and you *don't*
want to get rid of them.
On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options to see if it has the choice not to start. Many can easily
and best be stopped that way. If that doesn't work, run MSCONFIG
from the Start | Run line, and on the Startup tab, uncheck the
programs you don't want to start automatically.

However, if I were you, I wouldn't do this just for the purpose
of running the minimum number of programs. Despite what many
people tell you, you should be concerned, not with how *many* of
these programs you run, but *which*. Some of them can hurt
performance severely, but others have no effect on performance.

Don't just stop programs from running willy-nilly. What you
should do is determine what each program is, what its value is to
you, and what the cost in performance is of its running all the
time. You can get more information about these with at
http://castlecops.com/StartupList.html. If you can't find it
there, try google searches and ask about specifics here.

Once you have that information, you can make an intelligent
informed decision about what you want to keep and what you want
to get rid of.

One more point: my personal view is that the attention many
people pay to how long it takes to boot is unwarranted. Assuming
that the computer's speed is otherwise satisfactory, it may not
be worth worrying about. Most people start their computers once a
day or even less frequently. In the overall scheme of things,
even a few minutes to start up isn't very important. Personally I
power on my computer when I get up in the morning, then go get my
coffee. When I come back, it's done booting. I don't know how
long it took to boot and I don't care.

 

[Kelly]

Check for an option to not having the icon load in the System Tray via the
program(s) in question.

Other options for removal:

Go to Start/Run and type in: msconfig. Go to the Startup Tab and uncheck
accordingly. Then run this script to remove the disabled items from the
registry.

Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup and Selective Startup (Line 148)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or...remove the runkeys from here: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Troubleshooting, Removing and/or Cleaning Add or Remove Programs
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm#addremove

Troubleshooting the Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm#na

--
In memory of our dear friend, MVP Alex Nichol: http://www.dts-l.org/

All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

 

[Plato]

I need to get the little icons off of the task bar on my desktop. it takes
my computer to long to start up with all these showing in the lower right
hand corner. Thanks

Launch each one and tell it NOT to start when windows starts. Look in
the config or utils or general or whatever for the ticks.