Enable Hide Inactive Icons Tray Using Registry in Windows. Many of the Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7 users usually find that the Auto Hide Inactive Icons tray from the taskbar has stopped working or it is missing inspite of enabling it from the control panel or the taskbar properties. This problem is very common. May be after reboot it may work again, but for some systems the tray may never come up. This tray will hide the inactive and unnecessary icons from the taskbar. So many people like this feature. Making it work again is what we are talking about here. See the images below where one is not having hide inactive Icon tray and another one is having it: Enabling the Inactive icon tray consists of changing only a single registry. Its an easy process. There are two methods given below. Both the methods needs registry editing to be enabled. If your Registry editing has been disabled by the administrator then visit: How to enable Registry Editor (REGEDIT) to enable it. Method 1: Using Elevated Command Prompt. Step. 1: Copy the whole command from the table below: REG ADD HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Current. Version\Explorer /t REG. Paste the command you had copied into the Command Prompt. In order to paste in Command Prompt right click and select paste. Step 3: Press Enter to execute the command. It should execute successfully. Step 4: Log Off your computer and Log On again. Now your Hidden Icon tray will be working. Method 2: Using Registry Editor. Step 1: Open a Registry Editor(Press Start + R, type regedit and Enter)Step 2: Go to the registry key path given below: HKEY. To create a, value right click anywhere on the right pane and select New DWORD. Change the Name to Enable. Auto. Tray(Press F2 for name change). Double click on Enable. Auto. Tray and change the value to 1. Step 4: Now close the editor and log off your computer. Log On and you will find your tray is working. Congratulations you have enabled your Auto Hide Inactive Icons. Note: 1. Log Off means complete logging off the computer not Locking the computer like pressing Start+L. Restarting the computer will also work after the performing the procedure. If you change the Value as 0 the it will disable the Tray. This method works for windows XP, Vista and 7.
By default, Windows Defender that is integrated into the Microsoft operating system cannot be uninstalled. Here we show you how to disable or turn it off manually or. Can't see my desktop icons, task bar, and can't open task manager. Hi,Does anyone have a solution to this? I have exactly the same problem as thexsn. I start up vista, then, for a short period of time, I can see my desktop. After a (very) short while, icons and task bar just seem to dissappear. All that is visible is the mouse. Crtl- alt- del functions, but when I ask for the task manager, it does not pop up. The problem does not seem to be that explorer did not start properly. When I force a shut down of the system, both the desktop icons and the taskbar become visible right before the system shuts down, and i can see that the system has started up normally. It is indeed as if a veil is covering the desktop. Starting up in safe mode is an option, and I have tried to clean the registry as suggested by several forums. Nothing I have tried so far, worked. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. When your network, volume, clock, or other icons are missing from the system tray, returning them takes just.
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