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khaki
02-08-2003, 12:00 PM
Well... this is pretty "General" (which is why I posted it here), and it's a bit off course - but since I really need to know how to do this (and there are so many fun and intelligent people on this forum)...

JUST ASK THE QUESTION, khaki!!!

How do I get rid of some of the things that are in the Windows Tray on a Windows2000 desktop?

Y'know, it's the place where all manner of icons appear as the OS loads.
I don't mind the virus protection (and even the Java Console icon that shows up when I'm online), but it's the WinZip and MSN Messenger and a bunch of other stuff that I want to get rid of (from showing/loading).

I know that I can CLOSE them manually, but they just appear again at the next boot-up.

Where do I go (and what do I have to do) to get those things to stop automatically loading on startup?
(if I need them, I'll just open them myself)

Anyone know this?
Can you help me out?
Thanks.
k
jdavia
02-08-2003, 01:47 PM
Most programs have "Options". Right click the icon and click Options, browse through them, and remove it from there.
meow
02-08-2003, 01:58 PM
If you don't want to mess around with the registry this is a handy utility (and free :D ).
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
jdavia
02-08-2003, 02:10 PM
Originally posted by meow
If you don't want to mess around with the registry this is a handy utility (and free :D ).
http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml
That does the same things as "msconfig" typed in Run, right!
khaki
02-08-2003, 02:19 PM
Oh.... yeah. That worked (options. of course!).
Thanks jdavia (that couldn't have been a little more obvious could it? lol)
I feel like such a ditz (I guess I was trying to make it harder than it was. Should've just asked this about an hour ago and spared myself all of the frustration and the eye-strain).

Hey meow. I checked-out the link. That was sort of what I was hoping to find on my PC already.
I'm a bit chicken to download it though (seems like it gets a bit close to all of the major innards, and that makes me nervous). Maybe if I get something that's a bit more persistent about hanging around the tray, I'll give it a shot.

As always...
Thank you all for your help.
k
meow
02-08-2003, 02:24 PM
No, it's perfectly safe. It only accesses the keys where programs are added to start with Windows. You choose what to delete or you can just disable them too.