How to hide the Notification Area (Windows XP's System Tray)

How to hide the Notification Area (Windows XP's System Tray)

04/03/2006 - 09:53 (Category: Windows)

The notification area is located in task bar at the bottom of the screen on the right. Users can access programs by clicking the icons located there. If you want to prevent users from access those icons, you can hide the notification area. Let's see how:

1) click on Start -> Run
2) type regedit
3) go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER -> Software -> Microsoft -> Windows -> CurrwentVersion -> Policies -> Explorer
4) right click on Explorer and select New -> DWORD Value
5) name it 'NoTrayItemsDisplay' (do not change small letters and capital letters)
6) double-click NoTrayItemsDisplay and type '1' in the Value Data box
7) close regedit
8) logoff or restart Windows

You are done!
WARNING: the Windows' registry is the heart of Windows: you will be in *TROUBLE* if you damage it! Your computer could be temporarily unavailable! So, before editing it, please make sure you have a backup copy of it. Refer to this article: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/en-us to know more about the Windows' registry backup procedure

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