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by ravink

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there are some applications which unnecessaryily put the Tray Icons!!!
So
1)how to remove the icons,
2)where to find the icons thry place,
3)how to change the tray Icons for that Application

E.g, If you install McAfee, it places 3 icons inthe tray bar, I want to remove them or change the icons, how do I do it.
Or another E.g, Analog Proxy, PLaces its Icon in the tray bar, how to remove the Icons??

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by dhorner

Ravink

Some applications have the option to display the
tray bar icon and the time of system startup or not. Others require them to be loaded. Some
app's will allow you to right click on the
tray icon and click an option something like
"Don't display icon at start up". You may also
be able to disable them through the programs options section or something similiar. WATCH THOUGH! Some applications that require the icon and may disable the entire application from loading and the program will not run! i.e. CA's AntiVirus icon. If you right click and choose exit it stop the Antivirus checking and well...

Most icons can be removed without harm but be careful!

Doug

by Former member

Hi, I'd appreciate some help. My cat ran across my keyboard(seriously) and turned on Narrator. I finally got it turned off, but now my tray icons and system icons are HUGE and after days of searching I cannot figure out how to make them small again. It is NOT the desktop icons -- I know how to right mouse click on the desktop and go to Appearance and Advanced and resize them -- but at that same menu I don't see a tray icon or system icon choice and can't find a similar menu when I right click anywhere on the task bar or the pull handles... Please help!
THANKS
Cindy

by charliespencer

Right-click a blank area on the desktop, click Properties, Settings, and try sliding the Screen Resolution setting one mark to the right. If this renders your screen unviewable, wait 15 seconds and it will return to the previous setting on it's own.

In the future, use the 'Ask a Question' link to start a new question instead of digging up a six-year-old zombie.

by allan "ndrtkr" rojas

1) How to remove the icons.
It depends on the application, some of them allows youto disable the TrayIcon (i.e. Winamp), but this is in case that u want to keep the program running. Otherwise, just click CTRL+SHIFT+ESC and search in the process list for the application you want to remove and kill it...
If you want to remove them completely from the start-up process; open "RegEdit" in the "Run" window and search on local_machine, Software, Microsoft, Windows, Services, Run. Then remove any program you want...

2) Where to find the icons thry place?
It depends on the program...

3) How to change the tray Icons for that Application?
It depends on the program, most programs does not allow you to do this...

by ttlanhil

if you have another icon you want to use, you can proably swap it for the original. if the program uses a 'standard' .ico file, you're in luck, as changing it isn't likely to upset any but the most uppity program (assuming you have the name/size/etcset right). some programs may have altered .ico files, which means the icons may show up blank or all black or some such fun. while this can be a problem (especially if the icon changes to indicate action needed and you dont see it) the program should still run.
many executable files on windows have icons contained inside them, in which case you're running a risk of corrupting the data even with a professional program designed for editing icons in a .exe file.
but you can always put it back the way it was (you do, of course, back-up/copy files you're thinking of messing with, right?)
as for stopping the icon showing up, the program itself has that responsibility.
according to the specs, the system noticifaton area is only for non-permenant items, a good example the printer. microsoft designed it that way, but they dont even use it like this.
if you must stop icons showing up, you might be able to set windows to disable the SNA, otherwise you'd have to edit the API/catch calls to it and block/ignore them.
which I dont think many people want to/can do.

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