I want to hide a systray icon

[bobhss]

I want to hide the Gnucleus systray icon on the break room computer at work, but leave the program running. People keep shutting it down, but if I could hide the existence of it then I could keep it on. Currently the computer runs Windows 98 on a cable modem.

I don't want any other programs running down there hiding Gnucleus, so if there's some way to modify the registry or something that'd be great.

[CCSDUDE]

You can use Aston Shell to completely hide EVERY system try icon.

I think you can set it up to block people from hitting ctrl+alt+del too....

Works wonders when I get sick of seeing "K" and half a dozen other unremovable systray icons.

www.astonshell.com

PM me and I'll hook you up with a way to register it....

Donno about 1.8 someone else may set you up with that. However, I have 1.7 working fine fully registered.

Also, if you want it to look like Win98 then find a theme(skin or whatever) that looks like classic windows. ; )

Later

[wonderboy2005]

what os ar u running? i know there is an easy way to do it in XP.

for XP:
right click on "start"
click on properties
click the taskbar tab on the top
click "customize..." way down on the bottom after the "hide inactive icons"
highlight the icon(s) you want to hide and select their behavior
either:
hide when inactive
always hide
always show

then click OK and your done.

whoops... i didnt c that it was on W98... it still might work tho... give it a try.

[SnakeAnarchy]

i use a program named Traymanager to hide the systray icons.

[isus]

there's a proggy called systrayx, i think its at xdesksoftware.com, it'll hide pretty much any icon, and you can password protect the menu and settings. but i got rid of it earlier bc i moved to xp, and xp will hide icons for ya....

[kevoid]

E-mail me and I can give the hook up on 1.8.1.

[MoonMan]

Hey I have a question about Aston Shell.. how much RAM does it use and is it compatible with W2k pro? Also, is it worth it and how MUCH of the Windows appearance can it change?

I would like to try it out but I am afraid to install programs like that for fear that it will do irreversable damage. I am very cautious as to what I install on my computer after having a few bad experiences...

[kevoid]

Originally posted by MoonMan
Hey I have a question about Aston Shell.. how much RAM does it use and is it compatible with W2k pro? Also, is it worth it and how MUCH of the Windows appearance can it change?

I would like to try it out but I am afraid to install programs like that for fear that it will do irreversable damage. I am very cautious as to what I install on my computer after having a few bad experiences...

It's a shell swapper, meaning it can replace Explorer.exe. It uses less ram than Explorer does and is a bit quicker. You can always switch back to Explorer if you do not like it (through the Shell Swapper).

[bobhss]

Originally posted by isus
there's a proggy called systrayx, i think its at xdesksoftware.com, it'll hide pretty much any icon, and you can password protect the menu and settings. but i got rid of it earlier bc i moved to xp, and xp will hide icons for ya....

Found that one by using Google, didn't think it would do what I want the way I want it too. The same thing with Aston Shell. I haven't heard of Traymanager, so I'll have to check into that.

You all are sure there's no way to fix it in the registry so I don't have to install any other programs?

[isus]

well, systrayx will definitely hide icons, i only had two icons that never went away, and that's bc they were shitty progs, the whole system tray icon part was screwed... but gnucleus waqs hidden i do believe.

but when you install it, and then choose to hide it, you can also lock the 'hiding' of the icon w/ a password of your choosing. you cant even open the menu to get to gnucleus w/o the password.

so, yea... it's worth a shot.

you can still get rid of any of the progs w/ ctrl-alt-del tho...