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Remove systray icons (programs)

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by tbrave

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When I installed some programs like realaudio, audiogalaxy, IM, Panda they are put in the sys tray on button right of screen. How can I delete these. I looked for some kind of startup folder but could not find the icons or programs. I found office 2000. It seems it takes so long for my laptop to boot up with all these loading.

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by fofa

Most can be disabled through their OPTIONS/PROPERTIES settings. Some you have to remove from the Startup, and some setup Registery keys, you have to use Reg Edit for those. You do not want to remove all of them ususally, some are drivers for your laptop most likely.

by peter ritchie

Many of these programs have the ability to turn off their auto-start feature. Realaudio, for example, has several check-boxes in the options to disable various auto-start and other settings.

There's a program from IBS called Startup Editor that lets you list and edit the windows startup programs: http://www.ibservice.com/startedit.htm

As an alternate, you can search various registry settings like HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce, HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce, HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run, HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnceEx

by ryanfranklin

The program mentioned previously does work, but if you don't want to go searching for it, here is the easiest way to remove apps from the system tray. Go to RUN on your taskbar and type in REGEDIT. Once in regedit, click the plus sign next to the following branches in this order:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
MICROSOFT
WINDOWS
CURRENT_VERSION

Under CURRENT_VERSION, there is a folder called RUN, this contains all of the apps that are set to startup along with windows, just click on theindividual item in the right pane that you do not want and delete it. Although Real Player does have an entry in this area, it will still load until you go through the settings within the player and choose "disable startcenter" or something like that. Hope this all helps. Be careful with REGEDIT, it can be scary for a newby.

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