System Tray on Taskbar

[trvlnmny]

When XP started I always say some icons in the system tray portion of
the taskbar. Particularly Norton Ghost, Norton Internet Security and a
couple of others. I no longer see these. The system tray is empty. I
do not know what changed this. I am not absolving myself as it is
possible I did something but I do not know what.
My real concern is that these programs are not running. Is that
possible?
How do I correct this?
Thanks for any and all advice.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

When XP started I always say some icons in the system tray portion of
the taskbar. Particularly Norton Ghost, Norton Internet Security and a
couple of others. I no longer see these. The system tray is empty. I
do not know what changed this. I am not absolving myself as it is
possible I did something but I do not know what.
My real concern is that these programs are not running. Is that
possible?
How do I correct this?
Thanks for any and all advice.

Right click on the Taskbar | Properties | Customize. Locate the icons in
question and change they're behavior.

You can choose:

Always Show
Always Hide
Hide When Inactive

Your choice.

 

[trvlnmny]

Right click on the Taskbar | Properties | Customize. Locate the icons in
question and change they're behavior.

You can choose:

Always Show
Always Hide
Hide When Inactive

Your choice.
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                 Bruce Hagen
        MS-MVP Outlook Express
             Imperial Beach, CA

Bruce,
Thank you for your reply. I did what you suggested. Both Norton
programs were set at Hide When Inactive. Does this mean that they are
not running? I changed both of them to Always Show and restarted XP
but they still do not show in the System Tray.

 

[Bruce Hagen]

Right click on the Taskbar | Properties | Customize. Locate the icons in
question and change they're behavior.

You can choose:

Always Show
Always Hide
Hide When Inactive

Your choice.
--

Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
Imperial Beach, CA

Bruce,
Thank you for your reply. I did what you suggested. Both Norton
programs were set at Hide When Inactive. Does this mean that they are
not running? I changed both of them to Always Show and restarted XP
but they still do not show in the System Tray.
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You can't tell if they are running, or not just by the icon being in the
Systray. Access the programs in Start | All Programs and you should be able
to tell by opening them from that location.

You ca also Right Click | Send To Desktop (create shortcut) and pot an icon
on the Desktop. Right click on that and it should show the status of the
program.

Back in: Right click on the Taskbar | Properties, try unchecking Hide
Inactive Icons.