How do you hide the Entire system tray?

[Xfactor]

Cant seem to figure it out, but, how do you hide the entire system tray?

Ive googled and tried to edit the registry a little but I really dont know what im doing.

Any Ideas? Thank you!

 

[kimsland]

Bottom TaskBar on Desktop?
Right click -->Properties auto hide the TaskBar (tick)

Internet Explorer?
Right click on the grey bar
Untick the menu bar
(Press ALT on the keyboard to see it again)

 

[mailpup]

If you mean the Taskbar, you can also use your mouse to drag it down. Place the cursor on the top edge of the bar and the cursor will change to double arrows. Drag down and release the mouse button. To restore, drag it back up.

 

[kimsland]

I'm not just posting meaningless dribble, but you can't do that, if it's locked!

 

[mailpup]

I didn't say you were posting meaningless drivel. Of course, you are correct if the taskbar is locked but who said it was locked?

 

[kimsland]

if .

 

[ePost]

There is an article about it here: Completely Disable the System Tray on Windows Vista / XP

 

[Xfactor]

There is an article about it here: Completely Disable the System Tray on Windows Vista / XP

Ok thanks. I was just wanting to hide it, not necessarily disable it. For the record however, I initially tried this,(exact) to no avail.

Thanks also kim and pup. I cant believe it was that easy.lol

Note: To Hide Desktop icons: Right click on desktop>arrange icons by>uncheck,show desktop icons.

 

[Xfactor]

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[Bobbye]

Note: To Hide Desktop icons: Right click on desktop>arrange icons by>uncheck,show desktop icons.

But to be able to access these icons easily and still have a clean desktop: right click on the Taskbar> Toolbars> check Desktop.
Now the desktop icons will be available 'behind' the Notification Area, should you need them.

 

[kimsland]

Not sure that speeds up Windows starting
Actually probably does!

What most Techs do, is create a new folder called "Old Desktop Items"
And drag all Desktop items to it ( Except My Docs; Bin and IE ofcourse)

You can then open the New folder and arrange by type, and usually start deleting or moving all these files to a better location. I've seen gigs of data on user Desktops!