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Hide inactive tray icons automatically

This setting enables you to specify if you like to hide inactive running tray programs automatically.

Tweak for : Windows XP, Windows 2003, Windows Vista

Description:

This setting enables you to specify if you like to hide inactive running tray programs automatically.

At the right side of the taskbar there’s the system tray that contains the clock and other applications that are currently running in the background.

For this, go to Start > Run menu, enter “regedit” and navigate to the registry path listed below. You can create a DWORD value “EnableAutoTray”, if this value does not exist.

Now, right-click and modify the value to “1” which can hide inactive tray icons automatically. However, if you want to get back to the original state, change the value to “0”.

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Hide inactive tray icons.reg

The '.reg' file Hide inactive tray icons.

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Show inactive tray icons (Default).reg

The '.reg' file Show inactive tray icons (Default).

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Registry Entry Details:

Registry Entry 1 :

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\]

Key Type :

Local Machine

Value Name :

EnableAutoTray

Data Type :

DWORD (DWORD Value)

Enabled Value :

Disabled value :

Other value :

Value Action :

Add an Entry

Steps ScreenShots:

Apply registry settings according below given steps of screenshots with related changes.

All the inactive icons arer hidden from the Notification area.

All the icons which are inactive are also visible in the Notification area by default.

First, click the 'Start' button, and select 'Run'. In the resulting dialog box, type "regedit".

Go to [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer \],right-click in the open area to create a DWORD Value with the name "EnableAutoTray" in "Explorer" key.

Next, right-click on "EnableAutoTray" and click on 'Modify'.

Finally, enter the value "1" (Base Hexadecimal) without quotation in the text box and click on 'OK'. Once you are done. After a restart or logoff, the changes take effect.

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