Taskbar Not Hiding Inactive Icons?

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Charliec

For some reason, the "Hide Inactive Icons" is not working on the Taskbar.
The button choice to expand/reduce the Taskbar is no longer available. I
have "Hide Inactive Icons" checked in Properties. I'm running XP Home with
all the latest updates.

Anyone else experience this and have a workaround?
Thanks
Charlie
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Charliec
 
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Carey Frisch [MVP]

Visit http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_i.htm and scroll down to
"Icons - Notification Area - Chevron Missing".

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

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| For some reason, the "Hide Inactive Icons" is not working on the Taskbar.
| The button choice to expand/reduce the Taskbar is no longer available. I
| have "Hide Inactive Icons" checked in Properties. I'm running XP Home with
| all the latest updates.
|
| Anyone else experience this and have a workaround?
| Thanks
| Charlie
| ******************************************************
| Charliec
 
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To recover the hidden icons when the arrow is missing, follow these steps:

- Right-click a blank taskbar area.
- Select Lock the taskbar to unlock it.
- Resize the taskbar until all systray icons are shown.
- Drag the taskbar to its original size.
- Right-click again an empty place on the taskbar.
- Select Lock the taskbar to leave it locked.

The workaround which Carey mentions will help you to avoid that annoying behaviour in the future.
 
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Charliec

Thanks to you both - it is now working again.
Charlie
Daniel Martín <[email protected]> wrote:
Click to expand...
To recover the hidden icons when the arrow is missing, follow these steps:

- Right-click a blank taskbar area.
- Select Lock the taskbar to unlock it.
- Resize the taskbar until all systray icons are shown.
- Drag the taskbar to its original size.
- Right-click again an empty place on the taskbar.
- Select Lock the taskbar to leave it locked.

The workaround which Carey mentions will help you to avoid that annoying behaviour in the future.
Click to expand...
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Charliec
 
R

Richard Urban

The notification tray loses it's mind occasionally. Right click on the
clock. Go to customize notifications. Set one icon to always hide. This will
get it going. Now you can go back in and reset it for the way you want.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User

If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!
 
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Stan Brown

The notification tray loses it's mind occasionally. Right click on the
clock. Go to customize notifications. Set one icon to always hide. This will
get it going. Now you can go back in and reset it for the way you want.
Click to expand...

I have a different, and weird, symptom. When I click Customize, the
list of icons is shown (though some titles are incorrect), with the
"Always Hide" or "Hide when inactive" notations at the right.
However, when I click on the dropdown at "Hide when inactive" or
"Always hide", the three choices aren't displayed -- nothing drops
down.

I can type the letter H or A and the setting changes. Then about half
the time as soon as I click away from it it changes back. But I can't
get the drop-down folr selection by mouse, and I can't remember when
I ever could.

Any idea what's wrong and how to fix it?
 
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Guest

The notification icons can be always hide , hide when inactive but i want
to remove premanently,how?
 
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Wesley Vogel

Close the program that is associated with that Notification Area icon.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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G

Guest

i did but still comes up at start . how do you run msconfig? this will take
me to start tab which i need to be there to uncheck
 
W

Wesley Vogel

tony,

The System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe) is meant to be used
for troubleshooting not as a startup manager.

The correct method for removing any startup is to use the program that
placed it there in the first place. Always check the main program's own
options or preferences, or the notification area icon's options (if the
program has one) before resorting to any startup manager.

Right click the icon in the Notification Area look in Options, Settings,
Preferences, Properties or similar. Look to see if there is an option
like: Load at startup, or: Start when Windows starts or similar.
Uncheck or de-select these options.

With some programs there is no option to stop this. The only way is
with editing the Registry. My suggestion would be to download, install
and run Startman or an equivalent start manager.

[[StartMan is a startup manager created to address some of the
shortcomings in Microsoft's original System Configuration Utility
(MSCONFIG.EXE). MSCONFIG is primarily a troubleshooting tool, not a
startup manager, and as such it does not permit the permanent removal of
startups - they can only be disabled.]]

Startman will show what the startup programs are and allow you to
disable their startup properties. It shows how or where a program is
started. If a program is started from Registry entry, it shows the
path, so you can go there and edit (delete) the entry. There is also an
option that sends you to Pacman's Portal to show a recommendation if a
particular program should or should not start at startup.

Startman 1.3.96 is available here:
http://www.pt.lu/comnet/desc/startman.html

StartMan is a GOOD Utility, I use it all the time, especially after
installing software. Everything you install wants to run at startup.
StartMan shows where something starts from. Check out the Help in
StartMan also! You can either have StartMan disable startups or just
use it to find where something is loading from. Best thing is, it only
runs when you start it. StartMan does not run in the background.

Startup Control Panel is another pretty good application.

[[Startup Control Panel is a nifty control panel applet that allows you to
easily configure which programs run when your computer starts. It's simple
to use and, like all my programs, is very small and won't burden your
system. A valuable tool for system administrators!]]

Download the EXE Version and just extract the executable wherever you want.

Startup Control Panel
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

To open the System Configuration Utility (msconfig.exe)...
Start | Run | Type: msconfig | Click OK |

How to Troubleshoot By Using the Msconfig Utility in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=310560

System Configuration Utility
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/...Windows/XP/all/reskit/en-us/prmb_tol_dxth.asp

System Configuration Utility overview
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/msconfig_usage.mspx

What is the Microsoft System Configuration Utility MSCONFIG
http://support.ap.dell.com/ap/en/kb/document.asp?DN=HO1014939

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Guest

My problem is that the "customize notifications" button and the Hide Inactive
Icons box on the properties screen are both greyed out. I had the box checked
previously but recently while configuring something in Norton System Works, I
believe, the box got unchecked. I have not yet uninstalled NSW.
 

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