Resolved Notification icons ... wrong names/icons

In Taskbar and Start Menu Properties > Taskbar > Notification area > Customize..., for numerous notifications the names do not match the icons. This is not a critical problem, only an annoyance, since the icons do represent the correct functions.

 

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Back up your registry and/or Create a Restore Point to prevent trouble if you make a mistake.

Click Start > Run > Regedit

Navigate to
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify

Delete the IconStreams and PastIconsStream values.
(This means right click on IconStreams > Delete > Yes,
right click on PastIconStream > Delete > Yes)

Close Registry.

Open Task Manager, (right-click on an empty part of the task bar
and select Task Manager, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete or Ctrl+Shift+Esc)

click Processes tab, click Explorer.exe, then click End Process.

Still in Task Manager, click File, click New Task, type explorer
then click OK, Reboot for good measure.

Notification Area - Remove Past Icons from List

 

Hi chuckmg,

If you wish to follow flatiron2's sound advice then please read this Microsofts KB article How to back up and restore the registry in Wndows XP in case it's needed.

 

Hi Guys...

I took the easy route and followed FlatIron2's suggestion of the automated fix. It worked great. It also introduced me to Windows XP Solution Center and Fix it. For that I thank you again, FlatIron2.

Chuck