Notification Area Question "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> 12/4/2008 10:59:34 PM Posted this on General - no answers 1)Right Click Start/click Properties/click Taskbar/click Customize 2)Then select among Always Show, Always Hide or Hide When Inactive What I select seems to have almost nothing to do with what shows up in my Notification Area. What does it take to make a permanent change? Dave

Re: Notification Area Question RobertVA <robert_c72athotmail[ at ]invalid.com> 12/5/2008 12:53:20 AM Dave wrote: [Quoted Text] > Posted this on General - no answers > > 1)Right Click Start/click Properties/click Taskbar/click Customize > 2)Then select among Always Show, Always Hide or Hide When Inactive > What I select seems to have almost nothing to do with what shows up in my > Notification Area. > What does it take to make a permanent change? > Dave Those options have more to do with automatic contraction of the notification area to a smaller size than keeping the icons from appearing in the first place. Sometimes the programs that place the icons give users the option to not display them there. Otherwise, eliminating the icon might require shutting down or even uninstalling the application that displays the icon.

Re: Notification Area Question "Dave" <djbahb[ at ]dcwis.com> 12/5/2008 1:46:21 AM Thanks Robert - not what I wanted to hear exactly, but I guess that's the way it is. Thx for the reply - Dave "RobertVA" <robert_c72athotmail[ at ]invalid.com> wrote in message news:esYlfPnVJHA.5456[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] > Dave wrote: >> Posted this on General - no answers >> >> 1)Right Click Start/click Properties/click Taskbar/click Customize >> 2)Then select among Always Show, Always Hide or Hide When Inactive >> What I select seems to have almost nothing to do with what shows up in my >> Notification Area. >> What does it take to make a permanent change? >> Dave > > Those options have more to do with automatic contraction of the > notification area to a smaller size than keeping the icons from appearing > in the first place. > > Sometimes the programs that place the icons give users the option to not > display them there. Otherwise, eliminating the icon might require shutting > down or even uninstalling the application that displays the icon.