Taskbar Hide Inactive Icons

[KFetchen]

I'm running XP home edition. I have the default settings
with the checkbox checked for hide inactive icons and
sometimes I see the right arrow and it hides the inactive
icons and sometimes no arrow, no hide.

Does anyone know why sometimes this feature works and
sometimes it doesn't?

 

[David Candy]

How do you know it's not working. You only see the arrow if something is hidden.

From help
Windows displays a notification icon when an event occurs. After a short time, Windows puts the icon in the background to simplify that area

 

[Guest]

It's not working, because I have 5 icons displayed and
all are set to "hide when inactive". I see all of them
right now. And, if I go to customize and set some to
always hide, they still show up (even after I do a
restart or shutdown, power off, and turn it back on.

-----Original Message-----
How do you know it's not working. You only see the arrow if something is hidden.

From help
Windows displays a notification icon when an event

occurs. After a short time, Windows puts the icon in the
background to simplify that areain message news:[email protected]...

 

[dev]

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It's not working, because I have 5 icons displayed and
all are set to "hide when inactive". I see all of them
right now. And, if I go to customize and set some to
always hide, they still show up (even after I do a
restart or shutdown, power off, and turn it back on.

Click on Kelly's link, below. Click "I" and scroll down to the Icon -
Notification Area section. The procedures can be a bit dicey, but if you
employ the tips listed it should straighten itself out.