How to eliminate an icon trail in the taskbar

[rmrdvm]

Hello. I too am new to Windows 7. I have an HP dv6-1350us model laptop. When I use a thumbdrive in the laptop, it leaves a tell-tale icon and entry in the taskbar where one can customize the bottom taskbar. I would rather that this icon and description of the thumdrive not remain there after I remove the thumdrive. Is there any option to stop this entry or any way to remove the entry after the thumbdrive is removed?
Thanks for any help you can offer.

 

[bigmck]

Hello. I too am new to Windows 7. I have an HP dv6-1350us model laptop. When I use a thumbdrive in the laptop, it leaves a tell-tale icon and entry in the taskbar where one can customize the bottom taskbar. I would rather that this icon and description of the thumdrive not remain there after I remove the thumdrive. Is there any option to stop this entry or any way to remove the entry after the thumbdrive is removed?
Thanks for any help you can offer.

Right click on it and you will see an option "Unpin this Program from Taskbar".

 

[derekimo]

This tutorial might help you out...http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/292-system-icons-turn-off.html?filter[2]=Taskbar Start Menu

 

[richc46]

If you are referring to the area by the clock, bottom right. Right click on desktop...Personalize... Task bar and start menu, bottom left. Customize notification area.

 

[rmrdvm]

Thanks for the ideas. I tried all, but to no avail. If I didn't make it clear in my first post, the icon I want to get rid of is in the hidden icons of the taskbar. When I click on that arrow, the icon I want to get rid of is there. Even when I opt to choose to hide the icon, nothing happens. Right clicking does not remove the icon either. Any other suggestions?
Thanks again.

 

[richc46]

If I understand now, just left click on the hidden icon marker and then customize.

 

[rmrdvm]

Right, but the icon I want to eliminate shows up "greyed out". Won't respond to the command to hide it. I would like to eliminate it to not leave a trail of the thumbdrive.

 

[richc46]

If you right click, then properties, do you get anymore options?

 

[rmrdvm]

Yes. I can go to the icon notification options, but when I put in the option to hide the icon, nothing happens. I even put the thumbdrive back in and tried all of this.....no luck.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Yes. I can go to the icon notification options, but when I put in the option to hide the icon, nothing happens. I even put the thumbdrive back in and tried all of this.....no luck.

Can you post a screenshot of it ??

 

[BWK]

Have you rebooted since making adjustments to icon preferences.

 

[Tepid]

Yep,, you need this....

USBDeview

 

[mlevy]

Are you properly removing the drive? I frequently plug in and remove flash drives, when properly dismounted they no longer show up in the unplug/eject HW dialog.

Click the icon, it'll pop up a menu, click the drive you want to remove. When it tells you it can be removed, do so. It should no longer show up in that icon now...

 

[rmrdvm]

Thanks to all of you who tried to solve my taskbar icon problem. I've tried all of the suggestions, but no luck removing the icon.
This icon is in the "customize" area of the hidden icons in the taskbar. I can not drag the thumbdrive icon, can not hide it even though I select "hide"; can not right click on the taskbar or the icon to delete it.
If anybody has any other ideas, I'm all ears. I appreciate all of the suggestions offered.

 

[satchmo]

I have observed on my own machine that if I don't use a device for a certain period of time (I am not sure how long, but it's more than a few days), the hidden icon disappears spontaneously.

Of course, if you use the USB drive on a regular basis, the icon won't disappear.

 

[Tepid]

Thanks to all of you who tried to solve my taskbar icon problem. I've tried all of the suggestions, but no luck removing the icon.
This icon is in the "customize" area of the hidden icons in the taskbar. I can not drag the thumbdrive icon, can not hide it even though I select "hide"; can not right click on the taskbar or the icon to delete it.
If anybody has any other ideas, I'm all ears. I appreciate all of the suggestions offered.

Then you need the first app I had posted but removed cause I wasn't sure.....

Clear the Notification Icons list cache