Sysytem Tray

[Guest]

Where does one find the list of programs (directory) shown in the system tray.

I believe you call it the system tray. It's located at the bottom of the
screen on the right side.

 

[Jon]

The previous comment in this thread was actually made by "Chuck Le Mieux"

Where does one find the list of programs (directory) shown in the system
tray.

I believe you call it the system tray. It's located at the bottom of the
screen on the right side.

Right-click near clock > Customize notifications

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jon but I need to know where the directory is that loads these files
into the system tray.

 

[Guest]

That's is no help. That action just displays a property sheet dialog that
informs me that all of my 'missing' icons are set to 'Always show'.
Is there an explorer policy I can check or some other registry setting?

 

[Jon]

It doesn't work like that. Running processes dynamically add an icon to a
window known as the notification area. You would need a specially written
program to list them. Google for "notification area" and you may discover
something.

 

[Jon]

Ok, I stand corrected. Looks like they're in reg_binary form in

IconStreams

at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify

--
Jon




Wasn't it "Jon" <[email protected]> in message
, who said something
like......???

 

[Guest]

Let me rephase the question.

How does one remove an icon and its associated program from the system tray?

 

[Bob I]

usually Right-click on the Icon and then set the properties of the
particular program to not start.

 

[Jon]

You may well be aware that "Chuck Le Mieux"

Let me rephase the question.

How does one remove an icon and its associated program from the system
tray?

Depends on the extent to which you want to remove the program / icon.

(1) Control Panel > Add /Remove Programs [removes both the program and the
icon entirely from the computer]
(2) Options within the program itself [program still runs but displays no
icon]
(3) Clicking on the item in the behaviour column of the Right-click Clock >
Customize Notifications and choosing "Always hide" [program runs but icon is
hidden]

 

[Guest]

Thanks Jon, but that didn't help either. Its just a bug.
I deleted the registry entries, they were re-created for me properly, but
the behavior that i described earlier is still present.
I closed all Task bar toolbars, I resized the Task bar, I changed the style
of the Start menu, nothing of that chnaged anything.

Last time this behavior cropped up I had to delete and recreate my profile.

Thanks for your help.

Ok, I stand corrected. Looks like they're in reg_binary form in

IconStreams

at

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify

--
Jon




Wasn't it "Jon" <[email protected]> in message
, who said something
like......???

 

[Uncle Grumpy]

Let me rephase the question.

How does one remove an icon and its associated program from the system tray?

One chooses to NOT start the program that offends.

Run msconfig from the START/RUN menu.

 

[Jon]

Ok, think I know where you are coming from now. You confused me a bit with
your first post in this thread.

I'm assuming you've nipped over to join us from this thread, and are
referring to the limit of 6 icons in your systray.
"limited systray size"
http://groups.google.com/group/micr...7b56b?lnk=st&q=&rnum=1&hl=en#458caabc8367b56b

Might have something to do with the particular theme you are using eg text
size / icon size etc. You could try setting a System Restore point, and then
choosing one of the Windows standard themes, to see if that makes a
difference.

Right-click desktop > Properties > Themes > [Choose one of the standard ones
in the dropdown box] > Apply

Strictly speaking though, you should keep your replies in your original
thread.

--
Jon

All's fish that come to the net

I believe it was "(e-mail address removed)"

 

[Rock]

Let me rephase the question.

How does one remove an icon and its associated program from the system
tray?

Check in the program's options for one to not have it place an icon in the
notification area. If no such option exists, then set it to not run during
startup.

 

[Guest]

I've solved my problem. I deleted all of my policy templates in my
GroupPolicy folder and the system tray behavior I described went away upon
rebooting.
I now can have any number of icons in the 'notification area'.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Where does one find the list of programs (directory) shown in the
system tray.

I believe you call it the system tray. It's located at the bottom of
the screen on the right side.

It's officially called the "System Notification Area," but most of us
informally call it the "System Tray."

No, that list is not in a single directory anywhere. Programs can be
automatically started in several ways. One of those ways is a shortcut from
the folder C:\Documents and Settings\Your User Name\Start
Menu\Programs\Startup, but other programs are automatically started from
registry entries.

Moreover, not all autostarting programs manifest themselves by an icon in
the tray.

 

[P. Johnson]

Please don't quote backwards.
http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting

Thanks Jon but I need to know where the directory is that loads these
files into the system tray.

No one specific folder loads programs into the system tray. Programs
themselves ask to be drawn as a tray icon instead of a window. You'll have
to figure out which programs are launching to the system tray and work from
there.

 

[P. Johnson]

Please don't quote backwards.
http://ursine.ca/Top_Posting

Let me rephase the question.

How does one remove an icon and its associated program from the system
tray?

Find out what the program is, and play with it's settings to find one that
turns off the tray icon or uninstall it completely, depending on whether or
not you still use the program at all.

 

[P. Johnson]

It's officially called the "System Notification Area," but most of us
informally call it the "System Tray."

I believe Microsoft even called it that back in the Win9x days: IIRC it had
it's own process called "Systray."

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

I believe Microsoft even called it that back in the Win9x days:

Nope, even then it's official name was "System Notification Area," although
I'm sure there were individuals at Microsoft who called it "System Tray," as
the rest of us did.

 

[P. Johnson]

Nope, even then it's official name was "System Notification Area,"
although I'm sure there were individuals at Microsoft who called it
"System Tray," as the rest of us did.

Well, it appeared in the task manager as Systray...