QUESTION: Even though the Hide Inactive Icons button is checked on the XP Taskbar and Start Menu Properties screen, some of the "Always Hide" icons on the toolbar will not stay hidden. Likewise, some of the "Always Show" icons will not show. How can I get the Toolbar to show the icons I want to see? Thank you for your help.
ANSWER: I received this question 6 days ago but I waited to answer because I wanted to set up my Taskbar properties on 2 of my XP PCs (desktop and laptop) to see if they changed as they evidently do in your situation. I right-clicked on the Taskbar and choose Properties. I clicked in the checkbox that says "Hide inactive icons" as you did and then clicked on the Customize button. I set up some icons to "Always Hide" and some to "Always Show" -- same ones on both PCs. I've restarted both PCs more than once. As an aside, one PC is set for automatic Windows updates and the other is set to manual updates and the former had an update during the period.
The end result for me has been that during this week they have remained as I set them on both PCs. Even if I opened the program for an icon that I set to Always Hide, such as my AVG virus program, the icon did not reappear.
I also searched as many XP chat groups and forums as I could and no on reports this exact problem, so I am unable to help you. I'm wondering if your system has a bug in it. Some groups did speak of editing their registry, but I don't do that sort of thing myself so I can't advise you on it.
Sorry I couldn't be of help. Good luck!
Showing posts with label system tray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label system tray. Show all posts
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Showing the Date on the Taskbar
Question: Can I show the date along with the time on the Taskbar?
Answer: The date will show up if your Taskbar is two lines (double) in height. Drag the top horizontal edge of the Taskbar up to do that. On PCs that also show the day of the week, you might have to resize your Taskbar to a three-line height.
With Vista you can click on the Sidebar icon to make it show up on your desktop and customize it so that the calendar and clock show on it.
Answer: The date will show up if your Taskbar is two lines (double) in height. Drag the top horizontal edge of the Taskbar up to do that. On PCs that also show the day of the week, you might have to resize your Taskbar to a three-line height.
With Vista you can click on the Sidebar icon to make it show up on your desktop and customize it so that the calendar and clock show on it.
Clock tells the wrong time
Question: My clock doesn’t tell the right time.
Answer: Double-click on the time on the System Tray (single click with Vista) and select “Adjust Date/Time.” If you’re connected to the Internet, you can have your clock synchronize with the Internet. Or you can adjust the time yourself. If you do that, make sure you click on the time zone tab and select the correct time zone and click the Daylight Savings checkbox if applicable. If your PC was purchased prior to the new Daylight Savings Time set in March 2007, you may want to turn that feature off.
Answer: Double-click on the time on the System Tray (single click with Vista) and select “Adjust Date/Time.” If you’re connected to the Internet, you can have your clock synchronize with the Internet. Or you can adjust the time yourself. If you do that, make sure you click on the time zone tab and select the correct time zone and click the Daylight Savings checkbox if applicable. If your PC was purchased prior to the new Daylight Savings Time set in March 2007, you may want to turn that feature off.
Hiding items on the System Tray / Notification Area
Question: There are a bunch of items on my System Tray that I don’t care about. How can I hide them?
Answer: Right-click on the Taskbar and click on Properties. The Taskbar and Start Menu Properties menu should open with the Taskbar menu showing on top. There will be an option called “Hide Inactive Icons.” Check that box. You can also hide the clock if you want. An arrow will show up at the beginning of the tray in case you want to take a look at the hidden icons. You will get an annoying message at least a couple of times in the future that says “Some of your icons are hidden. Click here to view them.” Click on the X to close the message and hope that it eventually goes away for good.
Note: That area is called the System Tray in XP but it's called the Notification Area in Vista
Answer: Right-click on the Taskbar and click on Properties. The Taskbar and Start Menu Properties menu should open with the Taskbar menu showing on top. There will be an option called “Hide Inactive Icons.” Check that box. You can also hide the clock if you want. An arrow will show up at the beginning of the tray in case you want to take a look at the hidden icons. You will get an annoying message at least a couple of times in the future that says “Some of your icons are hidden. Click here to view them.” Click on the X to close the message and hope that it eventually goes away for good.
Note: That area is called the System Tray in XP but it's called the Notification Area in Vista
Cascading windows with the Taskbar
Question: I want to cascade all my open windows but I can’t find an empty place on the Taskbar to click on unless I close windows first and I don’t want to do that.
Answer: You can either drag the Taskbar upwards to make it wider until an empty area shows up and click there, or you can right-click on the Clock, if it’s showing on your System Tray /Notification Area of the Taskbar. The clock is the only Taskbar item you can right-click on that will give you the same menu as clicking on an empty area of the Taskbar.
Answer: You can either drag the Taskbar upwards to make it wider until an empty area shows up and click there, or you can right-click on the Clock, if it’s showing on your System Tray /Notification Area of the Taskbar. The clock is the only Taskbar item you can right-click on that will give you the same menu as clicking on an empty area of the Taskbar.
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