Hide one icon from the sytem tray?

[Jim Hubbard]

Anyone know how to totally hide one icon from the system tray? I don't mean
the type of "hide " that XP allows where the icon shows when you click the
arrow on the system tray......I mean eliminate an application's icon from
the system tray completely without stopping the application.

 

[Guest]

Anyone know how to totally hide one icon from the system tray? I don't mean
the type of "hide " that XP allows where the icon shows when you click the
arrow on the system tray......I mean eliminate an application's icon from
the system tray completely without stopping the application.





Right click the task bar, then click properties.

At the bottom is a Customize button, you can hide icons from there.

 

[Jim Hubbard]

That is precisely what I said I did NOT want. It only hides the icon
temporarily. As I said, I want to eliminate the icon completely from the
system tray without stopping the application.

There is a way to hide ALL icons by tweaking the system registry, but I only
want to remove one icon from the system tray. I though maybe someone had
seen an app to do that.....

Perhaps I posted using a misleading subject. I will repost with a more
precise subject line.

 

[Ron Bogart]

In

That is precisely what I said I did NOT want. It only hides the icon
temporarily. As I said, I want to eliminate the icon completely from
the system tray without stopping the application.

There is a way to hide ALL icons by tweaking the system registry, but
I only want to remove one icon from the system tray. I though maybe
someone had seen an app to do that.....

Perhaps I posted using a misleading subject. I will repost with a
more precise subject line.

I think that if you look again - you will see that if you click on the icon
you want to hide - over in the right hand side for options you will see the
"Always Hide".

 

[Jim Hubbard]

In

I think that if you look again - you will see that if you click on the
icon you want to hide - over in the right hand side for options you will
see the "Always Hide".

True. But the icon still shows when you click the "<" arrow.

 

[Ron Bogart]

In

True. But the icon still shows when you click the "<" arrow.

I also saw your other post and now know what you are asking for. Sorry for
the misguided suggestion. Is this a commercial product's icon you want to
hide? The more customer aware products offer a choice when right clicking
the icon or going into properties for the program to not place it in the
taskbar - but not enough of them. 8^)

 

[Jim Hubbard]

In

I also saw your other post and now know what you are asking for. Sorry
for the misguided suggestion. Is this a commercial product's icon you
want to hide? The more customer aware products offer a choice when right
clicking the icon or going into properties for the program to not place it
in the taskbar - but not enough of them. 8^)

Yes it is. It doesn't have hiding the icon as an option.

 

[Kelly]

Hi Jim,

I have a workaround for hiding programs from Add or Remove but have not
tested to see if it remove the system icon.

It can be found on line 336 (right hand side):
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Third party: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=hide+system+tray+icon

/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[Jim Hubbard]

Hi Kelly,

Nice page! Lot's of good info! But, alas, this didn't hide the lone
icon.

Thanks for the link to your page. I'll dive in deeper when I get this
project under a little more control.

Thanks for the post,
Jim Hubbard

 

[Jim Hubbard]

Just in case anyone was following this thread......

Harry wrote to the other thread.....

The is a 20 day shareware
http://www.handyarchive.com/Utilities/System-Tools/7330-PS-Tray-Factory.html

Thanks Harry!

Jim Hubbard

 

[jt3]

Thanks, Jim.

Joe

Just in case anyone was following this thread......

Harry wrote to the other thread.....

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Thanks Harry!

Jim Hubbard

 

[Jim Hubbard]

np

Thanks, Jim.

Joe