System Startup items

[John]

Hi Group,
After formatting my hard drive and reinstalling all my programs none of the
System Startup items come up near the clock.
All the items are checked in the SCU startup.. Where did they go?
With thanks Aussie John

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Hi Group,
After formatting my hard drive and reinstalling all my programs none of the
System Startup items come up near the clock.
All the items are checked in the SCU startup.. Where did they go?
With thanks Aussie John

The area near the clock is called the System Tray. It is used
by various services and programs that are launched automatically,
e.g. your virus scanner, network monitor, volume control,
sound card indicator. Most of them go there automatically
when you install the drivers and applications (e.g. firewall applet,
virus scanner applet). Others are placed there when you tick
a box during the installation or configuration of the respective
software (e.g. network status indicator, laptop battery indicator).

I suspect you have not yet installed all your programs and
drivers.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

It is called the Taskbar notification area.

Click on the (chevron) << looking button in the Taskbar notification area.

[[In Microsoft Windows XP, icons in the Notification area (on the right side
of the taskbar) are, by default, hidden when they are inactive. This
behavior is determined by a setting, which can be cleared or selected for
each item.]]
Description of Notification Area Settings
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279771

Taskbar notification area overview
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/.../win_tray_taskbar_notifications_overview.mspx

Icons in the Notification Area May Disappear If You Use High-Contrast Color
Themes in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321213

How To Display the Volume Icon in the Notification Area in Windows
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279435

Notification Balloons May Be Corrupted When a Computer Resumes from Standby
or Hibernate
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;817506

Volume icon is displayed incorrectly in the notification area after the
computer resumes from standby
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;828694

Icons in the notification area become distorted or blurred in Windows XP and
Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;836212


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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[John]

Hi Wes
Tried all those items you gave me with no luck.
The only thing I found a bit strange was, when I went into Task bar and
Startup Menu Properties found that
that the "Hide inactive icons" and "Customise" was blanked out with NO tick
in the square.
All programs are loaded and everything seems normal.
Everything is ticked in the Start up/ System Config.

Any more ideas or will I have to do a XP repair?

With thanks Aussie John

 

[Wesley Vogel]

John,

Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab | Customize button |
Click on the Behavior item to show the V | Click the V to display; Hide when
inactive, Always hide and Always show | Now you can select one

XP Pro? There is a Group Policy to Hide the notification area.

Open Group Policy...
Start | Run | Type: gpedit.msc | OK |
Navigate to...
Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\
Hide the notification area

[[If this setting is enabled, the user’s entire notification area, including
the notification icons, is hidden. The taskbar displays only the Start
button, taskbar buttons, custom toolbars (if any), and the system clock.]]

More explanation
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=390

Stores configuration data for the policy setting Hide the notification area.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
Value Name: NoTrayItemsDisplay
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = default
1 = enable restriction
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Administrative Templates\Start Menu and Taskbar\
Turn off notification area cleanup

[[The notification area is located in the task bar, generally at the bottom
of the screen, and it includes the clock and current notifications. This
setting determines whether the items are always expanded or always
collapsed. By default, notifications are collapsed. The notification cleanup
<< icon can be referred to as the "notification chevron."]]

More explanation
http://www.boyce.us/gp/gpcontent.asp?ID=380

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
and
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\
Policies\Explorer
Value Name: NoAutoTrayNotify
Data Type: REG_DWORD
Value Data: 0 or 1
0 = default
1 = enable restriction

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MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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[John]

Thank you Wes Vogel

Did the reg edit bit and changed it from 01 to 00 and its a goer

Thank you I thought I may have to do a repair or a format.
Thanks again Wes

Aussie John

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Glad you got it fixed, John. Keep having fun.

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