Removing Quick Launch icons

[Alan]

How can I selectively remove icons from the Quick Launch
area on the task bar?

Regards,
Alan

 

[Jerry]

Highlight the icon, right click and select delete.

 

[Alan]

Hi Jerry,

Thanks for your response. The problem is that the icons
reappear on the next startup.

Conversely, if I add icons that I do want, they don't
appear on next startup.

I was thinking more in terms of adding and removing them
from the registry.

Regards,
Alan

 

[Anando [MS-MVP]]

Hi Alan,

The shortcuts in Quicklaunch are stored in the following folder:

C:\Documents and Settings\<USERNAME>\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch

You can add/remove shortcuts in the folder and the changes should reflect in the Quicklaunch bar.

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[Alan]

I apologize for wasting everyone's time.

I want to find out how to add or remove items from the
System Tray, not the Quick Launch.

Regards,
Alan

 

[Yuri Meng]

This behavior is out of control. We cannot manually add/remove one.

Sincerely,
Yuri Meng

 

[Guest]

I discovered that I can do it in msconfig>Startup

Regards,
Alan

 

[Kelly]

Hi Alan,

Added info that may help:

Check for an option to not having the icon load in the System Tray via the
program(s) in question.

Other options for removal:

Go to Start/Run and type in: msconfig. Go to the Startup Tab and uncheck
accordingly. Then run this script to remove the disabled items from the
registry.

Clear Disabled Items from Msconfig Startup (Line 148)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

Or...remove the runkeys from here: Start/Run/Regedit

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

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