Questions tagged [notification-area]
The notification area is the part of the Windows User Interface that displays application icons in the task bar.
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Can I disable the "Disable apps to help improve performance" notification?
I've been running the released version of Windows 10 (x64) for a week now. Every other day or so, I get the following Security and Maintenance notification regarding "disable apps to help improve ...
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Minimize app WhatsApp in system tray / notification area
I am looking for a way to minimize WhatsApp (the official Windows app) in the system tray.
I am using Windows 10.
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Why is Windows reporting a battery charge with my desktop?
I have a desktop computer.
Get-wmiobject win32_computersystem | select manufacturer,model
Manufacturer : Hewlett-Packard
Model : HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF
For a while it would ...
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Getting taskbar with clock (notification area) on second monitor with Windows 10
My Windows 10 updated itself this morning and now the notification area (the rightmost part of the taskbar with clock) will only appear on the laptop monitor. The past several weeks it was happily ...
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How to show the week number on the Windows system tray calendar?
I am using Windows 7, and sometimes I would like to check the current week number from the calendar. However, by default, the Windows system tray calendar does not show the week numbers.
Is it ...
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Why is it faster to restore applications from System Tray than from the Taskbar?
Some applications, don't actually exit when closing them. Instead, they keep on running the background. Applications known for this are
Discord
Telegram Desktop
Steam
When in this state, trying to ...
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How to access the system tray using the keyboard?
Is there a way I can access the system tray items using the keyboard in Windows XP?
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Remove "Show Desktop" button next to the clock in Windows 7
Windows 7 has a new "Show Desktop" button all the way at the edge of the system tray area. Is there any way to get rid of it?
I never use it because I just press Win+D instead, and it's kind of ...
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Freeware local proxy engine for Windows? [closed]
Is there a nice and small, freeware proxy application that runs in the system tray?
It should support HTTP and HTTPS proxy connections, NTLM authentication and configurable rules (different proxy ...
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Disable Microsoft Edge Pop-up Notifications in Taskbar and System Tray
I recently started seeing popup notifications from Microsoft Edge when I try to open another browser like Firefox or Chrome:
Is there any way to disable these popups without uninstalling Microsoft ...
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How to remove the Outlook 2010 icon from tray?
How do I remove the Outlook 2010 icon from my Windows 7 system tray / notification area?
Just for clarification: i really mean 'remove' and not 'hide'.
I have the icon in the taskbar and I don't ...
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Notification area Volume icon is stuck off
On Windows 7 x64, the system Volume icon in the notification area/tray on the taskbar is missing. It was working recently, but it does not show currently. I have two audio devices - some on-board ...
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Windows 7 system tray date display not appearing
I'm using Windows 7 RC and for some reason, the date won't show at all on my system tray. It used to for a while, but one day it just stopped (I didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out).
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Windows 7 tray icons invisible
The tray icons are still there, but they're just invisible. No amount of clicking will do anything to them.
Ending and then running explorer.exe is a quick fix, but then the icons return to their ...
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Make specific tray icon always show for all profiles in Windows 7
I'm setting up a Windows 7 machine that will sit out in the open and be shared by a lot of people. I have added a shortcut to the all users start menu to run a program that sits in the system tray. ...
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Delay Windows programs launching at boot?
On Windows XP I use 18 programs. In startup it makes 2-3 minutes to load all of them.
Anti virus, translator, unlocker, file indexer, download manager, instant messenger etc..
I need all of them and ...
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Notification area Windows 7: The missing option?
The settings for the notification area in Windows 7 have three options:
Show icon and notifications
Hide icon and notifications
Only show notifications
Well here is my problem. I have a misbehaving ...
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Turn system icons (notifications) on/off resets on restart
I noticed that when I turn off some of the the language input indicator in the system icons / notifications area, it doesn't save the state and turns back on on restart. Is this a known issue? What ...
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How can I prevent an app (specifically zoom) from running in the background when I close it?
When I close a certain app (Zoom) it appears in my notification area and continues to run as a background process. I have to manually right click and exit the program (or open task manager and exit) ...
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Make Windows "Show icon and notifications" by default, but let you hide some
In Windows 7 if you have the Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar option disabled, the setting for individual applications defaults to Only show notifications.
Is there a magical ...
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VLC only in Windows 7 system tray?
How can I set the VLC icon only in Windows 7 system tray and not duplicated also in the taskbar?
To be clear (since some of the answers seem to misunderstand what is being asked), the question is not ...
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Dismissing systray balloons with the keyboard?
This is probably a supplementary question to how to access the systray using the keyboard...
I've read that, and done some googling (google fu lacking, or there really is no answer), but I can't find ...
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Why does my Tray Icon's Behavior occasionally reset Windows 7?
I'm fine with having most of my tray icons hidden, however I want the Outlook Notification envelop to show at all times when I have new messages. Its important for me to know when I have unread emails,...
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What determines the order of applications in the Windows 7 system icon tray?
Something that I have wondered about, I notice that despite changing the order of running some of my applications, even stopping and restarting them or even between reboots.....they seem to occupy the ...
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Windows 7 notification area settings are locked
I have an administrator account on this Windows 7 Enterprise x64 machine.
Windows 7 notification area settings are locked. If I right click on the system tray (where the clock is) and click on '...
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Show taskbar (system tray) icons on all displays
I am using multiple displays. While the taskbar is visible on all displays, the icons and the notification area (colloquially known as system tray or systray) are only shown on the main display. Is it ...
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Start Outlook automatically in tray
Is there a way to start up Outlook automatically on login, but minimised to system tray (notification area)? I don’t want my inbox showed in my face when I start my PC, only a discrete notification ...
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How to show battery percentage on battery icon in task bar without hovering or clicking?
I want to show battery percentage on battery icon in the task bar.
Currently it appears this way.
I cannot see charge left percentage unless I click or hover over the icon.
What I have in mind ...
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How do I tell Microsoft Outlook to minimize to the System Tray?
When I click on minimize in Outlook, I would like to minimize to the System Tray, not the Taskbar. How can I do this?
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How to put a program in system tray?
Is there a program for hiding programs from taskbar to system tray? I was hoping that Windows 7 will be able to do it itself but I can't find it.
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Disable "Slow Charger" warning in Windows
I have several laptops which support USB-C charging, and a 65W GaN PD charger. It's nice to have a compact power supply that works on a bunch of different laptops, even if it can't deliver the full ...
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Identify what's painting the empty space in my Windows notification area?
I have an "icon" in my Windows (XP, if it matters) notification area (by the clock) which renders no image, but rather an empty square space (no borders -- nothing rendered at all in the space where ...
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Windows: Completely remove Action Center icon
Personally, the Action Center in Windows (that annoying white flag in the notification area, always telling you to repent and change the way you administrate your system) is one of the things I ever ...
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Hide system tray icons on OS X
How can we hide the system tray icons, on the top menu, within OS X?
Those are not mine, but they're not too far off:
Something like Windows 7 has, to selective hide icons into a little window, ...
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"Safely Remove Hardware" icon in Windows 8
In Windows 8 the "Safely Remove Hardware" icon sits permanently in the System Tray even though no external drive is plugged into the computer. If you click on that icon the only clickable option is "...
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Show the Google Chrome tray icon after accidentally hiding it
I have right clicked the Chrome tray icon and accidentally clicked 'Hide from tray' instead of 'Quit'. I tried looking into 'Task bar' -> 'Notification area - select which icons appear on task bar', ...
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How to remove "Download Windows 10" icon on Windows 7 System Tray ("official adware")? [duplicate]
Microsoft has slipped adware prompting users to upgrade to Windows 10 into Windows Update, which for some was marked as important. That counts as shady business in my book, more so because as far as I ...
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How can I make Windows' system tray two rows instead of one?
My taskbar has two rows. First is the Quick Launch, second is for applications.
But my system trays is showing the icons only in one row, which is taking too much space. Is there any possibility to ...
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Missing gconf/gconf-client.h
I'm trying to install an Evolution plugin using these instructions:
How do I minimize Evolution to the system tray in Ubuntu?
In the sudo make stage, I get the following output:
make all-recursive
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Show notification badges on small taskbar buttons?
Just updated Windows 10 to anniversary update and was very excited about new notification badges, only to find out that they only shown on large taskbar buttons...bummer!
Anyone know any work around ...
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Remove the Microsoft Security Essentials icon
I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows 7 for sometime now and so far I don't have a bad word to say about it.
I would like to permanently remove the MSE icon from the task bar and ...
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Applications disappear from notification area over time
I've added Slack to the notification area of the taskbar by going to Settings and finding Select which icons appear on the taskbar section. I switched Slack on on and all was good.
Eventually, after ...
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Analogue clock for Windows 7 in the system tray
Does anyone know of an analogue clock that works in the system tray of Windows 7?
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How to dismiss OneDrive notification in Windows Defender Security Centre?
For a few days now the icon for Windows Defender in the bottom right of my taskbar shows a yellow warning sign ⚠️ (which usually popped up when any problems were detected). When clicking on it, it ...
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how to remove an entry from system tray?
I've searched for an answer to this one and I haven't found one yet. How do i remove a single item from Windows' System tray? I'm targeting Windows XP.
Edit: This is not about preventing items from ...
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How can I customize the Windows 7 clock to show full date/time?
I'm currently using Windows 7 Ultimate. I've seen that some people have full date/time info in their system tray clock like this:
However, my current system tray clock is shown like this:
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Keep notification area always show on GNOME 3
I've installed GNOME 3 on my Gentoo Linux, it really awesome and I love it.
But here is a little glitch that I don't get used to: The notification area is hide until I hit "Windows" key or move the ...
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How to read the entire "Unauthorized changes blocked" message?
From time to time, Windows Defender (via Controlled Access Folder) blocks apps from accessing my files and raises a notification on the Windows notification bar.
The notification looks like the ...
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How do I minimise spotify to the system tray?
I use alt+tab a lot and spotify keeps irritating me. I want it to sit quietly in the system tray and play the music. This is easy in VLC, all you have to do is click the VLC icon in the system tray ...
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How to minimize ICQ to tray?
How to configure ICQ 7.2 that after closing ICQ window it is minimized to tray?
Now it is minimized to task bar.
OS is Windows 7.
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