Remove unused icons from customise notifications dialog box

[Guest]

i have uninstalled few programs. but even after removal, their icons still
appear in the "taskbar properties">"taskbar tab">"Hide inactive icons
-customise button">"customise notifications">"past items column". So, how to
remove those junks from the "past items" section?????????????

thanks

 

[Nepatsfan]

in message

i have uninstalled few programs. but even after removal,
their icons still appear in the "taskbar
properties">"taskbar tab">"Hide inactive icons -customise
button">"customise notifications">"past items column". So,
how to remove those junks from the "past items"
section?????????????

thanks

It's all or nothing. You can't remove selected entries from the
Past Items list.

If you want to wipe the slate clean, do the following:
Go to Start -> Run and enter regedit.exe in the Open box.
In the Registry editor, navigate to this registry key,

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

In the right hand pane, right click on "IconStreams" and select
Delete from the menu. Do the same for "PastIconsStream"

Log off from your account and log back on. Check "Customize
Notifications". The only entries should be the current items
displayed in the Notification area.

If you'd rather not mess around with the registry, here's an
automated fix,

Courtesy of Kelly Theriot, MS-MVP
Line 53, left hand column
Remove Past Items from Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Good luck

Nepatsfan

 

[Guest]

Thanks Nepatsfan for ur help. Actually just after submitting this question in
this post, i made a search in google & got the same fix from
www.kellys.........
It was really fantastic.

Thanks again,
Sathya.