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    Windows 7 How to clean up "Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Notification Area Icons" settings ? Backup?

    When I go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Notification Area Icons dialog then there are a lot of programs which are already uninstalled. How can I cleanup/delete all these useless entries? How can I delete ONE single entry manually? Second question: Assume I want to hide icons and...
    • pstein
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    • backup clean up configuration control panel customization desktop hide icons icons manual entry multiple entries notification area registry settings system taskbar tech support uninstall windows
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support
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    Windows Vista System Tray Icons

    There are icons in the notification area that I never need to see: Numbers Lock, Scroll Lock, Caps Lock. I know that I can hide them. I have set them to "hide" in "Customize Notification Icons". But what I would like to do is get rid of the icons permanently. Is this possible?
    • adkr
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    • customize hide icons icons notification area permanently remove system tray taskbar user interface windows settings
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Windows Help and Support

  3. Windows 7 I want to hide the recycle bin on the desktop

    actually I want to hide everything on the desktop. BUT using ">right click on desktop>View>Show Desktop Icons (deselect)" to do that is tedious. So if someone can point me in the way to creating a macro or tweak my registry for these two similar but kinda different tasks I would be very...
    • CURaven
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    • customization desktop desktop management hide icons macro recycle bin registry tweaks user interface windows
    • Replies: 41
    • Forum: Desktop Customization