How to Change Action Center Settings

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VicVicVic

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Hello, I hope you are doing well.

I think the Action Center is not too bad, so I'd rather have it running. However, is there any way I can not have the icon show up in the system tray unless there is a suggested action that I should take?

Thank you,
Vic
 

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Wow, I didn't know it was that easy. I have used that the Notification Area Icons menu a few times but didn't even think to look there for the Action Center for some reason.

Thank you very much! How do I go about marking this thread as "solved?"
 

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No problem.
 

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Umm I'm sorry for bringing this back up, but customizing the notification area doesn't fully do the trick. I wanted to not have the icon appear at all (with the fix provided above, the icon is in the "Show hidden icon" area) unless there a new issue is detected.

Is that possible? Thanks.
 

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VicVicVic said:
Umm I'm sorry for bringing this back up, but customizing the notification area doesn't fully do the trick. I wanted to not have the icon appear at all (with the fix provided above, the icon is in the "Show hidden icon" area) unless there a new issue is detected.

Is that possible? Thanks.
Click to expand...

Open the same thing, and where it says "Turn System Icons On or Off" near the bottom left, go into that and change the Action Center icon to Off. It will never show the icon though, so if you get a notice, it won't show that icon. It's either or, take your pick.



sphericalpuma said:
I did this the other day, don't know if it's what you're looking for.

How to reset notification area icons in Windows 7 | eHow.com
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That only gets rid of old icons that were placed in the system tray by programs you may have uninstalled and the icons are left in the Notification Area window. It won't stop the action center icon from showing.
 

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Airbot 2.0
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
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Core i7 920 (D0) @ 4Ghz, *26c idle *65c full load on air
Motherboard
Asus P6X58D Premium - Sata 6Gb/s - USB 3.0
Memory
12GB DDR3 Corsair Dominator -CMD12GX3M6A1600C8 at 1600MHz
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Zotac Geforce GTX 770
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ASUS Xonar D2X
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1 LG 24" Flatron W2453V-PF 1 Samsung 24" P2450H both 2ms RT
Screen Resolution
1920x1080@60hz
Hard Drives
1 Samsung 250GB 840 Evo SSD
1 OCZ Vertex2 180GB SSD
1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F1 7200RPM 32MB cache
2 500GB WD Caviar Blacks 7200RPM 32MB cache (WD5001AALS)

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PSU
Corsair HX1000W
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Cooler Master HAF 932
Cooling
Case Fans *3 230mm, *1 140mm/CPU - *Tuniq Tower 120 Extreme
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Logitech Wireless MK700
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Logitech Wireless MK700
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DL 15 Mbps UL 0.98 Mbps
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None
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Firefox Nightly
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Airbot said:
Open the same thing, and where it says "Turn System Icons On or Off" near the bottom left, go into that and change the Action Center icon to Off. It will never show the icon though, so if you get a notice, it won't show that icon. It's either or, take your pick.
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I guess I will have to take my pick. I wish there was an in-between option. Thanks for replying.
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Dell Vostro 1500
OS
Windows 7 Professional
CPU
Intel Core2Duo T5270
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3072MB
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nVidia GeForce 8400M GS
Hard Drives
Western Digital 320GB Scorpio Blue SATAII
Mouse
Logitech VX Revolution
Internet Speed
Comcast Performance High Speed Internet
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