How to remove delete icons from taskbar notification

Hey Dorfdad, Thanks the above worked perfectly well.

Dorfdad said:

I installed a few apps yahoo IM for example. It installed a taskbar notification icon, but when I deleted the application and rebooted it still shows a choice in the Customized section of the Notification Area in the Menu.


I found a fix for this, not sure if its the best way but it works! SO I hope some of you will enjoy this!

Be Warened you need to regedit!

#1. Regedit to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify

#2. Delete the entries for IconStreams and PastIconsStream. (close Regedit)

#3. CTRL + ALT + DEL Start taskmanger Find Explorer in the Processes tab and end the task

#4. While in Task Manager click file, New Task (RUN) and type explorer

#5. Reboot

#6. Your GHOST icons should be gone now, however your customized settings will also be gone so you will need to change them again.

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Thanks for the fix.Worked like a charm got rid of at least 6 of them lil buggers

Try this, worked ok for me: System Tray Cleaner - FREE tool which helps you quickly and easily remove unwanted icons from your system tray

Ccleaner also does this, and it's free. Advanced/Tray Notifications Cache.

Just signed up for the site to say thanks because this worked. Now I'll take my one post ever, and be on my way. Thanks Dorfdad.