Default Notification Area Setting

[Guest]

I would like to change the default notification area setting to be "Always
Hide" for new software. It would be great for a lot of reasons, but the main
reason is that I have a Micro Innovations wireless optical mouse and it's
notification area icon was not given a name in the code, so everytime I
reboot Windows doesn't recognice it and I have to re-hide it everytime. (It
shows up as <no title> under the taskbar Properties->Customize list). In
general however, hiding everything by default and then releasing programs to
lesser settings as needed is how I would like the OS to perform. Any ideas
where this setting might be hiding? Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Why don't you just give you ghost icon a name?
Use msconfig to identify and locate registry string. then edit registry
string.

 

[Guest]

I found the area of the registry where the browser mouse stores some info,
but isn't the name it is given under the taskbar properties->Customize list
held within the code of the software and not the registry? I have written a
few pieces of software that use the notification area and I thought I
remember setting up a struct that held the name that would be used. I very
well could be wrong, its been awhile. The only Key's in the registry under
the browser mouse are AppPath, InstallName, ProductKey, ProductName, and
SubInstallName. Each has a non-null value associated with it. If your
solution is something that still might work for me could you be a little more
specific for me on the step I might need to take? Thanks, I appreciate the
help.

 

[Guest]

I might be way off base but I'll try anyway.
What do you see in notification area?
You said that icon has no name in customize list.

Did you check msconfig (Start>Run>msconfig)?
Startup tab, then Startup item. Is there an item there that has nothing (no
title) listed in start item?
If so, reference that item's location and then find in registry and edit.

Like I said I may be out to lunch on this but it's worth mentioning (I think).

 

[Guest]

I forgot to mention, if you don't see value/key to edit name, maybe check
other entries for one applications that do have value for name.

 

[Guest]

There is a name under msconfig, mouse32a, which I believe is a reference to
the registry entry under Soft->MS->Windows>CV->Run which runs Mouse32a.exe on
startup. That name however doesn't carry over the the customize list under
the taskbar properties (where you set "Always Hide", etc.. That application,
mouse32a.exe is the one responsible for putting the icon in the notification
area. Because of what I see as poor coding, they didn't properly use the
notification area API and didn't assign a name to the icon in the tray. Thus
when I hide it, Windows has no name with which to save the "Always Hide"
attribute to, so everytime I boot, it defaults as if it were an application
that had never used the tray before. I don't think they will patch the
software for such a cosmetic fix as this. Again, I could be wrong, I do hold
a slim hope there is a way to change just that program...but I think changing
the default setting to "Always Hide" will solve it too. I'm still open to
trying anything though! If there is any more info I can give, please let me
know. Thanks.

 

[Guest]

I don't think the application (mouse32a) even needs to be in systray for your
mouse to work properly.

I would just temporarily disable with Msconfig.
Then if every thing works fine, go back and delete it.
if something goes wrong, can always start in safe mode and re-enable systray
icon.

can't help you with cahnging default for always hide.

 

[Guest]

There are a couple of extra buttons on the mouse that I have set custom. If
I disable the tray program it removes that functionality. This is a tough
one. Anyone else out there know how to maybe res-edit an executable to
give its tray icon a name OR set the notification area default for new
programs to "Always Hide"? Thanks for all your help though Dixonian69, much
appreciated.

 

[Nightowl]

There are a couple of extra buttons on the mouse that I have set custom. If
I disable the tray program it removes that functionality.

Hi Will

You could always try Microsoft Intellipoint to program your buttons
instead. It works well with most brands of mouse and doesn't use a
systray icon. Latest version is 5.20, available here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...63-2f8a-4339-9542-18f90b69128d&displaylang=en

 

[Guest]

Thanks Nightowl, I'll give it a shot, I think this is an obscure registry
setting somewhere that probably is going to end up left buried.