Customize notification area bug.

elbeasto · 09 Jun 2009

If you have an app that has/had a system tray icon, the option to hide it etc. remains in Customize Notification Area Icons after the program has been uninstalled.

Robert Cartman · 09 Jun 2009

It's a very old bug!

elbeasto · 09 Jun 2009

Oh I see..Lol well it's a new bug to me, i've only been running 7 for a few days

Barman58 · 09 Jun 2009

There is an option in CCLeaner to remove these old entries

CCleaner - Home

elbeasto · 09 Jun 2009

I used CCleaner to remove two reg entries for an offending uninstalled app, the problem still reamins.

Barman58 · 09 Jun 2009

Sorry,

Not clear in my first post

this actual option clears the cache as part of the normal cleaning :)

Customize notification area bug.-tray-notifications.png

Brink · 09 Jun 2009

elbeasto said:

If you have an app that has/had a system tray icon, the option to hide it etc. remains in Customize Notification Area Icons after the program has been uninstalled.

Hello ElBeasto,

You can use the tutorial below to reset the notification area icons to remove the old icons from uninstalled programs.

Notification Icons - Reset - Vista Forums

Hope this helps,
Shawn

elbeasto · 10 Jun 2009

Barman58 said:

Sorry,

Not clear in my first post

this actual option clears the cache as part of the normal cleaning :)

Hi barman, tried it with that box ticked in CCleaner and sorry to say it didn't work.

Brink said:

Hello ElBeasto,

You can use the tutorial below to reset the notification area icons to remove the old icons from uninstalled programs.

Notification Icons - Reset - Vista Forums

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Thanks Brink but it's still there!

Barman58 · 10 Jun 2009

Hi elbeasto

Sorry to here that - it's always worked or me

Only proviso with this is you have to re-boot after applying this to make it work

elbeasto · 10 Jun 2009

yeah I rebooted after trying both things