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Hide system tray icons
In order to hide all icons in the system tray (where the clock is located), a setting in the registry needs to be changed. Do the following:
- Open Registry Editor (Start>Run>
regedit).
- Navigate to the following key:
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer.
NOTE: HKCU is the abbreviation for HKEY_CURRENT_USER.
- Locate the value
NoTrayItemsDisplay.
NOTE: If this value does not exist, do the following:
- Click on Edit.
- Click on New.
- Select DWORD value.
- Type
NoTrayItemsDisplay.
NOTE: Capitalization does count!
- Click on Edit.
- Double click on the
NoTrayItemsDisplayvalue.
- Type 1 (type 0 to restore the icons) and press ENTER.
- Close Registry Editor.
Log off and log back on for the changes to take effect.