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| Guest | How to Edit Notification icons Using Vista Business. Would like to manage or at least edit my notification icons. Have many "historical" ones that should never have been there and would like to remove them. I'm about to drill down through the registry but maybe there is a better way. Even better, any suggestions for a utility to be able to manage them? Thanks. |
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| Guest | Re: How to Edit Notification icons On Jun 1, 2:12*pm, "mikeS" <login...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Using Vista Business. *Would like to manage or at least edit my notification > icons. *Have many "historical" ones that should never have been there and > would like to remove them. *I'm about to drill down through the registrybut > maybe there is a better way. * Even better, any suggestions for a utility to > be able to manage them? *Thanks. notification icon and selecting Exit, Close or Quit. Some have program settings or preferences that control whether or not they are displayed in the notification area. Others, you might want to uninstall the program entirely. Sometimes, you might not want to uninstall the program, but remove it from Startup. Go to Start, run msconfig.exe, on the Startup tab uncheck the boxes of the programs you do not want to run at Startup. Many of those programs also have settings where you could deselect run at Startup in order to remove them entirely from the Startup list. Personally, I'd prefer to do things through each application's settings than hack the registry for this type of thing. -solon fox |
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| Guest | Re: How to Edit Notification icons Go here Line 16: http://www.paulsxp.com/tweaksvista.html -- ---------------------------------------- www.paulsxp.com www.paulsxp.com/forum ---------------------------------------- "mikeS" <logintwo@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:#zv#MMBxIHA.4876@xxxxxx Quote: > Using Vista Business. Would like to manage or at least edit my > notification icons. Have many "historical" ones that should never have > been there and would like to remove them. I'm about to drill down through > the registry but maybe there is a better way. Even better, any > suggestions for a utility to be able to manage them? Thanks. |
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| Guest | Re: How to Edit Notification icons Many thanks. Did exactly what was needed. Had about 30 "historical" items that couldn't be removed because they were not associated with a program. "PaulM" <paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OSmv6nBxIHA.3968@xxxxxx Quote: > Go here Line 16: > http://www.paulsxp.com/tweaksvista.html > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > www.paulsxp.com > www.paulsxp.com/forum > ---------------------------------------- > > "mikeS" <logintwo@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:#zv#MMBxIHA.4876@xxxxxx Quote: >> Using Vista Business. Would like to manage or at least edit my >> notification icons. Have many "historical" ones that should never have >> been there and would like to remove them. I'm about to drill down >> through the registry but maybe there is a better way. Even better, any >> suggestions for a utility to be able to manage them? Thanks. |
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| Guest | Re: How to Edit Notification icons Thanks for your input. My real problem is with the old "historical" icons that programs are no longer active or even installed. "solon fox" <solonfox@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:601f05dd-77a1-45d3-9c16-734274d6aaac@xxxxxx On Jun 1, 2:12 pm, "mikeS" <login...@xxxxxx> wrote: Quote: > Using Vista Business. Would like to manage or at least edit my > notification > icons. Have many "historical" ones that should never have been there and > would like to remove them. I'm about to drill down through the registry > but > maybe there is a better way. Even better, any suggestions for a utility to > be able to manage them? Thanks. notification icon and selecting Exit, Close or Quit. Some have program settings or preferences that control whether or not they are displayed in the notification area. Others, you might want to uninstall the program entirely. Sometimes, you might not want to uninstall the program, but remove it from Startup. Go to Start, run msconfig.exe, on the Startup tab uncheck the boxes of the programs you do not want to run at Startup. Many of those programs also have settings where you could deselect run at Startup in order to remove them entirely from the Startup list. Personally, I'd prefer to do things through each application's settings than hack the registry for this type of thing. -solon fox |
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| Guest | Re: How to Edit Notification icons You are Welcome. "mikeS" <logintwo@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:OVi851BxIHA.2384@xxxxxx Quote: > Many thanks. Did exactly what was needed. Had about 30 "historical" > items that couldn't be removed because they were not associated with a > program. > > "PaulM" <paul@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:OSmv6nBxIHA.3968@xxxxxx Quote: >> Go here Line 16: >> http://www.paulsxp.com/tweaksvista.html >> >> -- >> ---------------------------------------- >> www.paulsxp.com >> www.paulsxp.com/forum >> ---------------------------------------- >> >> "mikeS" <logintwo@xxxxxx> wrote in message >> news:#zv#MMBxIHA.4876@xxxxxx Quote: >>> Using Vista Business. Would like to manage or at least edit my >>> notification icons. Have many "historical" ones that should never have >>> been there and would like to remove them. I'm about to drill down >>> through the registry but maybe there is a better way. Even better, any >>> suggestions for a utility to be able to manage them? Thanks. |
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