Recent Posts
- Excel 2010 PMT (Payment) Function
- Upgrade Microsoft Office Starter 2010
- Outlook 2010 Search Indexing
- Share Keyboard & Mouse Between Multiple Systems With Synergy+
- Batch Process PDF Files With iPDF Express
- SuggestRun – Windows Run Dialog Box With Suggestions
- Export iPhone Contacts To CSV
- Monitor And Take Action Based On Application Behavior [Windows]
- Directly Download Documents, Spreadsheets, Presentations [Firefox Add-on]
- Download YouTube Videos To iPhone/iPod Touch For Free
- win7
- Ricardo
- ashok1233444
- Fernando Dois
- Rapth
- Swede
- Paul
- Bruno Ram
- Jorge Afonso
- Cosmo Boy
Clear Past Notification Icons In Windows 7
A few days back I covered a tool called Tray Cleaner that allowed users to remove all past notification area icons, but sadly there was some trouble using it in Windows 7. It did not remove the icons completely. So today I am going to share with you another method that has been tested to work.
This method will require us to edit the registry. Go to Start, type Regedit and hit Enter. This will take you to Registry Editor, now navigate to the following key from the left sidebar:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify
From the main window, delete both IconStreams and PasteIconsStream.
Now hit Ctrl +Alt + Tab to open Task Manager and kill explorer.exe process. Once done, go to File > Run, enter explorer.exe and hit Enter, this will start explorer.exe again.
Now right-click the clock in the system tray and hit Customize notification icons. You will see that all past icons have now been removed.
For those who don’t know what are past notifications? Go here to learn about it. Enjoy!
Share this article!