Windows 7: ATI Catalyst System Tray Issue

oreo27 · 04 Feb 2011

Hi Everyone,

I have the latest Catalyst Control Center installed on my Desktop system. I believe Catalyst runs itself on startup. After fully booting my system, I see two icons of Catalyst in my system tray.

But upon hovering over them, they disappear. I would assume that this means that it crashed. Does anybody have any clue on how to solve this issue? Thanks.

Edit - Screenshot added.

oreo27 · 07 Feb 2011

Bumping this after two days without a reply

EzioAuditore · 07 Feb 2011

You do not need Catalyst to run at startup. Its simply useless, adding to the boot time.
Press Windows flag key+R and type msconfig in the Run box and hit enter. Go to startup tab and uncheck items related to catalyst.
Now, coming to the double icon. That doesn't seem a big deal. I too sometimes face it not only with catalyst but with other icons too.
I can't say why its so but it doesn't affect anything.
You can still try rebuilding icon cache and see if its gone.
Icon Cache - Rebuild

oreo27 · 07 Feb 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by EzioAuditore

You do not need Catalyst to run at startup. Its simply useless, adding to the boot time.
Press Windows flag key+R and type msconfig in the Run box and hit enter. Go to startup tab and uncheck items related to catalyst.
Now, coming to the double icon. That doesn't seem a big deal. I too sometimes face it not only with catalyst but with other icons too.
I can't say why its so but it doesn't affect anything.
You can still try rebuilding icon cache and see if its gone.
Icon Cache - Rebuild

Thanks man. I'll try to rebuild the icon cache. I'll immediately update this thread on what happens.

EzioAuditore · 07 Feb 2011

Ok.

oreo27 · 08 Feb 2011

Well, that did it.

Icon Cache - Rebuild

It actually solved the issue and made only 1 icon appear, and eventually disappear when hovered over. I'll deem the crashing of the control center a bug. I've disabled it from the start up like you suggested. Rep added. Thanks mate. Problem solved.

EzioAuditore · 08 Feb 2011

Your Welcome. I'm glad its solved.

brianzion · 08 Feb 2011

catalyst-driver-windows. i think i have the answer why there is delay and the ccc icon in the notification area disappears. in the ccc main window under preferences there is a setting called FOLLOW WINDOWS SCHEME make sure this is UN-TICKED and then the icon stays in the notification area and no delay.

posted in this thread i had posted in >>> http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-c...ml#post1227934

oreo27 · 08 Feb 2011

Quote: Originally Posted by brianzion

catalyst-driver-windows. i think i have the answer why there is delay and the ccc icon in the notification area disappears. in the ccc main window under preferences there is a setting called FOLLOW WINDOWS SCHEME make sure this is UN-TICKED and then the icon stays in the notification area and no delay.

posted in this thread i had posted in >>> http://www.sevenforums.com/graphic-c...ml#post1227934

Mine is already unticked but just to be sure, i ticked it and unticked it again. I'll add it back to the startup and see if this cures the issue. I have some work to do but I'll be sure to report back if this solves the other issue mate.

===Edit===

Well, it didn't quite solve the issue. The icon still appears and disappears when moused over. I guess it's an issue with the Catalyst Control Center. Hopefully there will be an update to fix this. Thanks to all who helped again.

oreo27 · 06 Apr 2011

Just as an update, after installing Catalyst Control Center 11.3, it enabled the startup entry again and is now properly starting up. Cheers!

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