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Add or remove icons from your Windows Vista notification area

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The Windows notification area is the most frequently used part of the desktop taskbar. It keeps you up to date with whats going on on your computer by animated icons that occassionally poup with messages for you. A great example is when there are Windows updates ready for your computer or if your laptop battery is running low.

The notification area also holds the volume control icon, the time, and any other program icons that are enabled to show there. You can change the settings for a program icon to Hide when inactive, Always hide, or Always show. This allows you to remove annoying icons and just keep the important ones.
What are the most common icons that appear in the Windows Vista notification area?

  • Time
  • Volume
  • Windows update icon
  • Network connections icon
  • Bluetooth icon
  • Laptop Power icon
  • Windows Live Messenger

How to add or remove icons in the notification area in Windows Vista

  1. Go to the start menu icon in the left corner
  2. Right click on it to bring a menu
  3. Choose properties from the menu
  4. Go to the Notification Area Tab
  5. Click on customize to change the settings for each icon that shows up in the notification area

Watch this video tutorial to see more details..

 

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Category : Vista Start Menu / Vista Task Bar / Vista Video Tutorials

7 Responses to “Add or remove icons from your Windows Vista notification area”


al boulabel (1 comments) November 23, 2008

I have tried to add the volume to the notification area for nothing as the volume and network are dead can’t select them

mitz (11 comments) November 25, 2008

One thing that you can try is to reboot and then recheck them to see if they are available.

Be careful if you have not played with the registry before.. If you are unsure – do not go ahead..

Another is to edit the registry…got to the run box and type regedit

Go to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\
then find Explorer, select it by making it blue — In the right pane, if NoTrayItemsDisplay is there, then right click on it and click Delete it.

exit

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walid (1 comments) January 12, 2010

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\

not found !!!



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