Vista - Persistant icon in Notification Area

Computer specs are below my main post, but I just have one small issue:

I have an Asus Motherboard that has an EPU-6 Engine (EPU = Energy Processing Unit, all it does is maximize energy usage on the mobo). It comes with a small app that puts itself in the Notification Area so that you can change between energy profiles easily.

I like the app, but I don't want it shown there all the time. I already tried the "Hide Inactive Icons" option, and also tried to hide it manually by selecting "Hide" from the drop down menu in the "Custom..." options.

The problem is that it hides the icon, but when I reboot, all those settings are undone. Is there a way to fix that?

Thanks in Advance!


System Specs:
Intel Core i7 920 Processor @2.67 GHz
Asus P6T Deluxe Motherboard
6.0 GB DDR3 1600 OCZ Triple Channel RAM
nVidia 9800GTX OCX
150 GB WD Velociraptor SATA HDD
1.0 TB WD Caviar Black SATA HDD
Windows Vista Ultimate x64 w/ SP1

Hello iLawCDN, and welcome to Vista Forums.

These types of icons are always active off and on, so as you figured out the "Hide Inactive Icons" option will never work on them for long. These type of programs will usually always get reset at startup to show the icon. You might check in the program's settings to see if there may be an option to remove the icon from the notification area, or some other custom setting it may let you adjust to help.

Hope this helps some,
Shawn

I also have this problem. There is a check box to "Show the bluetooth icon in the notification area". I have unchecked this but the bluetooth icon still shows up in the notification area.

Do you have some proprietary software installed for the device? If so, check the settings for that software and you'll probably find the program has it's own system tray icon it's running. Disable that tray icon and your persistent icon should go away.

I do not have any other software installed. However I did remove some software. This is the mirosoft icon and not a thrid party icon.

Hello PhilBill,

With that option unchecked to not have it in the notification area, see if resetting the notification area icons may help.

Hope this helps,
Shawn

I've had this same problem with Bluetooth, something I never use. By default Vista will install this so third party software has little effect as it will always return. Go into Device Manager and disable The adaptor under Bluetooth Radios.

EDIT: Just read you like the app, well that's the only way I've got rid of the icon.

resetting the notification area icons did not help. I now use the mirosoft drivers for the bluetooth radio. I have uninstalled the third party software that came with my hardware. Is is possible that the drivers remain? How can I find them and remove them?

Thanks for all the help so far.

If you uninstalled the third party software, that would contain the drivers for something like that.

I too have the EPU-6 engine (ASUS P5QC). I don't see a way to remove the icon, and I see no need to. If you turn off Ballon Tool tip, it never does anything. So no need right? If it REALLY bothers you, just uninstall it.

~Lordbob

Ok here is an interesting development. The persistent Bluetooth icon on my machine has something to do with my iPod. If I right click on the Bluetooth icon and remove it and then plug my iPod in via usb my Bluetooth icon becomes active.