Task bar properties notification area

[Steve L.]

I can no longer customize the icons. When I click the drop down to select
"Never Show" or another change, nothing happens. I don't get the dropdown
enabling me to select a different display of any of the icons.

Windows XP Service Pack 3

Any fix?

Thanks, Steve L.

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was 9/15/2008 5:32 PM, and on a whim, Steve L. pounded
out on the keyboard:

I can no longer customize the icons. When I click the drop down to select
"Never Show" or another change, nothing happens. I don't get the dropdown
enabling me to select a different display of any of the icons.

Windows XP Service Pack 3

Any fix?

Thanks, Steve L.

Hi Steve,

I cannot figure out what you are describing. The Task bar (which
contains the Start button) doesn't have a "Never Show" option. Which
icons are you trying to change? The System Tray doesn't have any
options like that either.

If you right click on the Taskbar and select Properties, then the
Taskbar tab, you can check "Hide inactive icons" and then click the
Customize button. From there you can click on icons and choose to
Always hide, Always show, or Hide when inactive.

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[Steve L.]

Perhaps I didn't express it well. The bottom half of the Task Bar properties
window is called the Notification Area. I can't customize it anymore. When
I click customize I gat the Current and Past items an behaiors as always.
But when I click on an item, any item, it turns blue as it always did and
then shows the down carrot as it always did. But when I click the down
carrot I don't get thew drop down where I can select Never Show, Always Show,
etc. I get nothing. Nothing happens except that the blue goes away.

 

[dadiOH]

I can no longer customize the icons. When I click the drop down to
select "Never Show" or another change, nothing happens. I don't get
the dropdown enabling me to select a different display of any of the
icons.

Windows XP Service Pack 3

Any fix?

You might try opening the property window for the taskbar and turn off "Hide
inactive icons", apply it, close the window and reboot. When you restart,
do the same but this time turn on "Hide inactive icons". No guarantee...


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[Terry R.]

The date and time was 9/15/2008 6:03 PM, and on a whim, Steve L. pounded
out on the keyboard:

Perhaps I didn't express it well. The bottom half of the Task Bar properties
window is called the Notification Area. I can't customize it anymore. When
I click customize I gat the Current and Past items an behaiors as always.
But when I click on an item, any item, it turns blue as it always did and
then shows the down carrot as it always did. But when I click the down
carrot I don't get thew drop down where I can select Never Show, Always Show,
etc. I get nothing. Nothing happens except that the blue goes away.

Did you try clicking the Restore Defaults button? Other than that, I
don't have any other resolution. Sorry.

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[Steve L.]

Thanks. It didn't work. Another contributor suggested changing desktop
themes (after saving my current theme). In the new theme everything worked
and my settings were retained after I changed back to my original theme
(important to me). However, in my original theme I again could not change
notification area settings. Not a big problem (though I'm curious) since if
I want changes I can just go back to another theme, change the settings, then
go back to my original.

 

[PA Bear [MS MVP]]

Hide or Show Notification Area Icons (Line 294 Right)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[Rey Santos]

If you have TweakUI
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx click
on Taskbar and Start Menu on the left pane then uncheck the box "Show taskbar
notification icons" on the right then click Apply and OK. You have to reboot.
You can also hide the clock on the Taskbar properties.

 

[ju.c]

(Copied from 'microsoft.public.windowsxp.customize')

You hit it right on. I had changed my Title Bar size such that both the time
and the day of week showed. Reducing it so only the times shows corrects the
Icon notification problem. Thank you again.

Steve