notification area

Whether you're a seasoned Windows 10/11 user or someone just stepping into the Microsoft ecosystem, knowing how to customize the taskbar notification area can save you time, make your desktop cleaner, and enhance workflow efficiency. The humble taskbar may seem like a minimal feature of your...

Current Behavior Launch any app/window and maximize it. Hover over to the Taskbar's Notification Area (Bottom-Right Part). The Tooltips (e.g. Audio Volume, Wifi Status, Datetime, etc.) don't show. Click on the Taskbar to focus on it. Repeat Step #2. The Tooltips now show. Expected Behavior...

I have two Ethernet networked HP laptops running side by side, both of which were upgraded simultaneously to 20H2 with all updates via in-place installs from an ISO created with the Media Creation Tool, copied to both desktops, then mounted and used to do the upgrade. After that was finished...

I just installed 20H2 with an in-place upgrade plus the latest updates on 2 HP laptops (different models). I have had no problems with the 15bs234wm, but I have several on the 15da0053wm. It has a 1 TB WD PCIe/NVMe which I installed just after completing the upgrade/updates, which I cloned from...

Hello Windows Insiders, today we’re releasing Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19541 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Don’t forget to read our last blog post to understand how the Fast ring will work going forward. If you want a complete look at what build is in which Insider ring, head...

Hello, all. I recently purchased a Canon printer, which has wireless capabilities. However, I can't find any button in the notification area of my PC that says Bluetooth. I know one is supposed to be there, but don't remember if it ever was. Any ideas? Thanks in advance. Toshiba satellite...

How to remove OneDrive in Desktop trees folder while I'm turning it on or show all folders ? Even though I have deleted several times and make don't appear it into notification area too while I'm assigning as a toolbar of desktop. And how to create a shortcut of Quick Access with sub items menu...

Hi everyone, Today, we are releasing Build 14279 to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring. Here’s what’s new in Build 14279 Cortana in more languages: With this build, we are enabling Cortana for the Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil) or French (Canada) languages! If you’re running the...

Have a look at the attached snapshot. As you can see there is a question mark icon in Systray. How do I remove it? Peter

Anyone have an idea on how to reduce the system tray icon sizes? I don't mean the icon image but the click/touch targets. The spacing between systray icons are larger than in previous versions of Windows. However, in nearly everyone else's W10 screenshots, I see everyone's systray icons much...

Operating system: Windows 7 SP1 Problem: The Get Windows 10 app is not shown in the notification area after accomplishing all the conditions. Description: I've read the Windows 10 Q&A page and I've read the possibilities why the app could not show up. I used to have the automatic updates...

I was running 8.1 Enterprise and decided to try out Windows 10 Technical Preview, I think it was called. Didn't make recovery media. Didn't like it so I downloaded an .iso of 8.1 Pro onto a bootable USB drive using Rufus. The install worked fine except I cant connect wirelessly to the internet...

hi at windows 7 ultimate from Control panel - Notification area icons how can i remove icons which are already has removed entrly from the windows and the hard drive such as utorrent for example i have already uninstalled it and removed from regedit and there are still program icons showed there...

I had issues with fuzzy text in certain applications and fuzzy icons in notification area immediately after updating to 8.1. I found this was due to 8.1's new "improved" DPI Scaling options and affects many people. I can't help but think that millions of users will possibly be affected by this...

A problem I've not run into before on XP...I'm using a wireless adapter to connect to my router, therefore I don't need a hard-wired connection at this time. Therefore I have the ethernet network disabled in the Device Manager, and the Notification Icons set to always hide the one for LAN, but...

As a curiosity of mine I've messed around with several types of shell replacements for the standard Windows7 Explorer.exe. However, I've found that most of them do not have any form of "Notification Area". So I was curious if anyone knew of a program that had a notification area or how I would...

Hi, Today, all the icons on my taskbar are gone. No pinned programs, even when I open programs, there are no icons on the taskbar, only the start button, and the notification area are in the taskbar. I have tried rebuilt IconCache.db. And I also tried booting into safe mode, but there are no...

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...

On one of my Win7 machines I have a arrow icon shortcut close to the system which (when clicked) opens the "Notification Area Icons" setup dialog (= the window which opens when I go to Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Notification Area Icons) On another Win7 machine this arrow icon...

Fixes a "Consider replacing your battery" warning message that occurs when you are running Windows 7 on a HP dv6000 or HP dv9000 computer. This issue causes a red "X" to appear on the battery icon in the notification area. More...