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Hide system tray icons

(Article ID: 000913)

In order to hide all icons in the system tray (where the clock is located), a setting in the registry needs to be changed. Do the following:

  1. Open Registry Editor (Start>Run>regedit).
  2. Navigate to the following key:
    HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
    NOTE: HKCU is the abbreviation for HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
  3. Locate the value NoTrayItemsDisplay.
    NOTE: If this value does not exist, do the following:
    1. Click on Edit.
    2. Click on New.
    3. Select DWORD value.
    4. Type NoTrayItemsDisplay.
      NOTE: Capitalization does count!
  4. Double click on the NoTrayItemsDisplay value.
  5. Type 1 (type 0 to restore the icons) and press ENTER.
  6. Close Registry Editor.

Log off and log back on for the changes to take effect.

Posted by Rob at 22:47, 26 November, 2006 to the following categories: Microsoft Windows Registry Tweaks , Microsoft Windows XP .

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