Removing RealPlayer button from Taskbar?

Anchundan · 6 Aug 2006 at 07:37

Is there any way I can remove the RealPlayer button from my taskbar?

I listen to UK radio a lot while I'm working, but I frequently have many applications open, and often need to switch applications. I'd much prefer not to have the realplayer button there, as I have absolutely no need to switch to it.

Efour · 6 Aug 2006 at 10:10

Right click/delete?

unless im being stupid that should work.

Anchundan · 10 Aug 2006 at 10:38

I probably didn't explain my problem very well.

What I meant was, when I open applications, a button appears on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen (Windows XP). Clicking on these buttons switches focus to the respective application.

With RealPlayer, since all it's doing is playing radio, I have no need to switch to this application, so would rather not see the button on the taskbar.

Right-clicking on the button itself only gives the options to Move, Minimize, Maximise, or Close.

I was hoping that there might be an option within RealPlayer to hide it from the task bar. Some applications have this facility. If this isn't possible, I was wondering if there was some tweak I could do in the registry to prevent the application button from showing up in the taskbar.

This quick example below shows the RealPlayer button on the left of the screen. Usually I have many other documents open when I'm working, as I switch between them quite regularly. I would rather have more space in my taskbar, as when I have too many applications open, the taskbar buttons group together, and you can't see which is which.

csmager · 10 Aug 2006 at 10:57

You could try something like this. I used to use it years and years ago for running a messaging program in the system tray:

http://www.kfsoft.com/trayer/intro.htm

Hxc · 10 Aug 2006 at 11:06

Uninstall Real Player and get Real Alternative?

csmager · 10 Aug 2006 at 11:21

Hxc said:
Uninstall Real Player and get Real Alternative?

Whilst that's probably adviseable, it won't actually solve the problem.

joey1211 · 10 Aug 2006 at 11:26

Is there a "Minimize to System Tray" option in the prefrences?

Anchundan · 10 Aug 2006 at 13:14

nope, not that I could see. I think you only get that option if you buy the full version, rather than the free download.

Anchundan · 10 Aug 2006 at 13:17

Hxc said:
Uninstall Real Player and get Real Alternative?

Thanks for the tip - I've never liked RealPlayer, and never knew there was other software that could play .ra files.

Do you know if you can get this for the pocket pc? I've never been able to listen to Radio1 through the PDA.

It still doesn't seem to have the option to hide from the taskbar, so might try the trayer link above.

joey1211 · 10 Aug 2006 at 14:22

On a sidenote, shouldn't the BBC be offering more than one format for listening to its output, instead of endorsing one... and a pretty lame one at that.