Hide icons system tray windows xp

Additional single-click options quickly Show All, Hide All, or Revert windows and icons to their previous state. The options dialog makes it easy to invoke additional tools and shortcuts. You can toggle a window's display state with a single click, or even by hovering over the proper title in the program's list. Some testers found errors with the program's installer, but after a few tries and a few errors, it proved to be a good program for any user looking to quickly hide and unhide windows and icons.

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Networking Software. Trending from CNET. I'm rushing around like a banshee on heat at the moment, so please bear with me. The way tray icons work is when a program that wants one runs it tells Windows Explorer to add an icon to notification area. The are a few ways a programmer who know how could remove an icon: 1. Hack Windows Explorer to ignore the request for a new icon. I have no idea how one would do that or if it's possible.

Have a program running in the background that intercepts requests to add icons and ignore some. I have no idea how one would do that but I think it might be possible. Have a program sit around checking for added icons to the notification area and removing some. I there is some code to make an AutoIt3 script do this somewhere on the AutoIt forums. Not sure where though. I'll have to check and see.

Note: To be clear, I'm talking about the taskbar part of Windows Explorer and not the desktop or file manager part.

Edit: I forgot to list above but of course the best way is to tell the program to not create a tray icon. Some programs give this option. OK, here it is. The answer that you have been waiting for.

Backup your registry, then start regedit. Save changes. Log out of Windows and back in. Tray icons are gone, applications are still running. Works on XP tried it and Vista haven't tried it. EDIT: Oh yeah, if you have gpedit.

EDIT 2 maybe 3 or 4, it's late : If you want your icons back, change the value to 0x0 or nuke the key. ScottW: That would remove all the tray icons from the taskbar.

I think the original poster just wanted to remove one or a couple icons only, not all of them. Also the hide taskbar icons will not do for some reason. He did say "some" icons, not all. He also said hidden was not good enough.

He is awfully picky, isn't he? He is also quite secretive since he won't tell us what he's trying to do, only that the ideas we have are all poop! I don't think he even has a question and he may just be playing a prank -- he is known for that. If he even really needs help. I think it is possible. And I am sorry I haven't had a chance to go through it yet. Could you post which icons you want hidden, and I'll get on it as soon as I can.

All the regular posters here have varying levels of patience but we insist on friendly replies, or no replies at all. Sorry if it came across as if I were serious. I was hoping people would pick on the silliness of it all so I wouldn't have to pepper the post with emoticons and "jk"s. I mean, poop as foul language? The other thing isn't even a word, just made up. I call you a prankster while pulling my own prank. Maybe it was too subtle. Looks like my attempt at humor fell flat.

My bad. I will use more smiley's in the future. Back to topic I have just completed a full system reinstallation of Windows xp pro and sp2 I want to hide inactive icons. Right click taskbar, select properties, hide inactive icons, customize, and so forth.