Removing item in Task Bar

[Stewart Fluney]

Can you advise me how to dispose of an icon in the bottom right-hand corner
of the Task Bar? In an effort to do this, I removed the shortcut of the
program from my screen, but an icon still persists in appearing at start-up
in the Task Bar.

I didn't want to eliminate the program to achieve the above.

I have a Dell 4100 Desktop computer with Windows XP - Home Edition operating
system - Service Pack 2.

I have been given two options by other people and would ask you which is
correct:

1. Download and install CCleaner and use it to remove item, leaving the
System Configuration Utility window in Normal Startup mode.

2. Remove item from Startup list in System Configuration Utility window,
re-start computer and check "Don't show this again" in notice about
"Selective Startup".

Your co-operation and advice would be very much appreciated. Thank you.

Stewart Fluney

 

[Leonard Grey]

In order to help, we need to know what program is placing this icon in
your system tray.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Can you advise me how to dispose of an icon in the bottom right-hand corner
of the Task Bar? In an effort to do this, I removed the shortcut of the
program from my screen, but an icon still persists in appearing at start-up
in the Task Bar.

I didn't want to eliminate the program to achieve the above.

First, two points:

1. This area, near the clock, is called the System Notification Area,
or informally, the System Tray.

2. The icons there represent running programs (normally programs
running in the background.

So presumably what you want to accomplish is not simply removing the
icon, but stopping the program from starting automatically. Here's my
standard post on stopping programs from starting automatically:

First, note that you should be concerned with *all* programs that
start automatically, not just with those that go into the tray. Not
all autostarting programs manifest themselves by an icon in the tray.

On each program you don't want to start automatically, check its
Options to see if it has the choice not to start (make sure you
actually choose the option not to run it, not just a "don't show icon"
option). 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 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.

 

[Stewart Fluney]

Leonard Grey:

Thanks for your response.

The program is LimeWire 4.16.6.


Stewart Fluney

 

[Leonard Grey]

You may have a problem there because LimeWire is a known source for
viruses and spyware.

If your version of LimeWire does not have a menu option for removing the
tray icon, the next thing to do is to contact LimeWire for help or to
ask in their user forum, which you can find here:
http://forum.limewire.org/

 

[Stewart Fluney]

Ken Blake:

Thank you for your response.

I have noted your advice and have tried to eliminate the LimeWire icon in
the System Tray in the manner you outlined; i.e., through the program itself;
however, that option doesn't appear to be available unless I missed it.
Therefore, I have resorted to eliminating the icon through the Startup
section of the System Configuration Utility window. Do you agree?

Thanks for your co-operation in this respect.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

Ken Blake:

Thank you for your response.

You're welcome. Glad to help.

I have noted your advice and have tried to eliminate the LimeWire icon in
the System Tray in the manner you outlined; i.e., through the program itself;
however, that option doesn't appear to be available unless I missed it.
Therefore, I have resorted to eliminating the icon through the Startup
section of the System Configuration Utility window. Do you agree?

Normally, yes, I would agree. But note Leonard Grey's comment: "You
may have a problem there because LimeWire is a known source for
viruses and spyware." I have no experience with LimeWire myself, so
I'll defer to others who know more about it than I do. But if he is
right, that may complicate the issue.

 

[Stewart Fluney]

Leonard Grey:

The matter of eliminating the LimeWire icon in the System Tray has now been
resolved.

Through an oversight, I didn't notice this option was available through the
Tools, Options, System Tray of the LimeWire program. I have used that option
in this case.

Many thanks for your response and advice in this respect.

Stewart Fluney

 

[Stewart Fluney]

Ken Blake:

The matter of eliminating the LimeWire icon in the System Tray has now been
resolved.

Through an oversight, I didn't notice this option was available through the
Tools, Options, System Tray of the LimeWire program. I have used that option
in this case.

Many thanks for your response and advice in this respect.

Stewart Fluney

 

[Leonard Grey]

Glad to help. I hope you won't mind me saying this, but LimeWire and
similar file-sharing programs are something you really should avoid.