System Tray in Windows 2000

I am having a problem removing certain system tray icons. Our users are using Windows 2000 connected to Windows 2000 servers. So what I would like to know is there a registry command to hide the system tray icons without removing the clock? Or even better is there a way to just hide individual icons in the system tray? I would appreciate any help.

Thanks,
Craig Sowers

 

Hi Craig and welcome to the forum.

Pick a blank spot within your systray (any little spot with no icon) and right-click then click on Properties on the pop-up. After that, do as shown in the attached picture. You will have the option with each item that is in that section to
- Always display
- Hide when inactive
- Always hide

Set each icon to suit yourself.

 

heh...

Oopsy

I don't think this option is available on Windows 2000... So as for the solution, to be honest, apart from upgrading to XP, I don't think I can help you. Are you looking for something that affects all users on the system, or just individual ones?

Best leave it to an expert here though.

 

I am looking for something to cover all users conected to the servers.

 

This goes straight beyond my scope, so I'd have to leave it for another user to answer. Good luck...

 

Thanks for your help anyway.

 

Awk. Thanks Quickbal. Forgot what section I was in.

Junior10 - sorry about that. I don't have a 2K box to play with just now but it's possible that the option is available in the Local Security Policy section (administrative tools). Certainly worth a few minutes to look around in there.

 

Thanks for all the help NEWT. I appreciate it.
Craig

 

Did it help? As in, did you find the settings?

I've played around in the guts of that piece from time to time and know there is lots of stuff there but since we do domain policy changing on all our servers, I haven't paid that much attention to exactly what is there.

 

I found the settings but it was on a per icon basis in the tray. Some we had to configure through downloads from the originating site and some hide icon in the menu when you right clicked on the icon. So the problem is fixed but XP has alot easier way to get rid of icons than 2000. Thanks for your help though.

 

Group Policy - one of the best arguments for running a domain rather than a workgroup. Set up what you want one time, push it down, user can't muck about with it to any significant degree because a domain policy takes presidence over a local one.