Removing entries from Windows 7 taskbar.

[slipd]

Hey guys,

Is it possible to remove old icons/restore the windows 7 taskbar? On my main machine there are about 10 entries from bits of software that I don't even have installed anymore!

Cheers.

 

[rpstewart]

Right click and "unpin from taskbar"?

 

[slipd]

Right click and "unpin from taskbar"?

I say taskbar, when I actually meant system tray...

How do I remove entries from the system tray? Sorry about that.

 

[TheVoice]

If the icons are there, the processes are still there. Try Autoruns and check the startup processes.

 

[slipd]

None of these programs are installed anymore

 

[asim18]

Yeah I get this as well. Most likely registry entries left over. Windows 7 automatically creates an entry for each icon. These entries aren'r removed by the uninstallers.

 

[d.chatten]

Open notepad and copy & paste the code below in to notepad, save the file as a .reg file, now double click the file, when this has been done you MUST use task manager to end the explorer process, to do this open task manager and click on the processes tab, now find explorer.exe in the list and highlight it, now click end process at the bottom of the window, (at this point make shure you leave task manager open), after this you need to restart the explorer process, to do this in task manager click on the file tab and select New Task (Run...), now type explorer and click OK, all done.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify]
"IconStreams"=-
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify]
"PastIconsStream"=-

Hope this helps.

 

[slipd]

Open notepad and copy & paste the code below in to notepad, save the file as a .reg file, now double click the file, when this has been done you MUST use task manager to end the explorer process, to do this open task manager and click on the processes tab, now find explorer.exe in the list and highlight it, now click end process at the bottom of the window, (at this point make shure you leave task manager open), after this you need to restart the explorer process, to do this in task manager click on the file tab and select New Task (Run...), now type explorer and click OK, all done.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify]
"IconStreams"=-
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify]
"PastIconsStream"=-

Hope this helps.

Is this safe

 

[yashiro]

Yes. Or just use CCleaner to do this.

 

[slipd]

Yes. Or just use CCleaner to do this.

Would that be an advanced option in ccleaner because normal usage hasn't cleared it

 

[Blue160]

Would that be an advanced option in ccleaner because normal usage hasn't cleared it

It would be the registry clean up bit of it. It backs up any changes it makes so you can undo it if it messes your registry up.

 

[d.chatten]

Would that be an advanced option in ccleaner because normal usage hasn't cleared it

Cleaner tab on the left, Windows tab at the top, look for Tray Notifications Cache, you will still need to end and start the explorer process manually though.

 

[sajtion]

ace utilities can remove it

 

[slipd]

Cleaner tab on the left, Windows tab at the top, look for Tray Notifications Cache, you will still need to end and start the explorer process manually though.

Cheers mate, I'll try that later

 

[slipd]

Cleaner tab on the left, Windows tab at the top, look for Tray Notifications Cache, you will still need to end and start the explorer process manually though.

Worked great mate, thanks!