Tray icons

jmt356 · Post by **jmt356** » 17 Nov 2011, 12:52

I have the following icons permanently pegged to the right side of my taskbar: volume, wireless, battery, notifications, and Skype. I then click the arrow to the left of them and 18 more hiddenicons appears. How can I peg one of the hidden ones to always remain visible?

Post by **HansV** » 17 Nov 2011, 13:00

Clcik the arrow, and select Customize from the popup dialog.

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Click the dropdown arrow next to the item that you want to display, and select "Show icon and notifications" from the dropdown list.

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jmt356 · Post by **jmt356** » 17 Nov 2011, 16:25

Thank you. Do we call this "pegging an icon to the tray"? Is that bunch of icons on the right located in the "tray"?

Post by **HansV** » 17 Nov 2011, 16:34

The official name for the right-hand part of the Windows taskbar is "notification area".

jmt356 · Post by **jmt356** » 24 Nov 2011, 14:55

In day to day parlance it's called system tray?

Post by **HansV** » 24 Nov 2011, 14:57

Many people refer to it that way, yes. Microsoft doesn't like the term though (I don't know why).

John Gray · Post by **John Gray** » 24 Nov 2011, 16:17

"System Tray" is a very XP term, surely...

agibsonsw · Post by **agibsonsw** » 24 Nov 2011, 20:15

John Gray wrote:"System Tray" is a very XP term, surely...

A much-improved feature though

; we are not bombarded by balloons - 'Inactive icons..' etc.. - and we can control the
notifications. With XP I needed a registry tweak to disable the balloons.

System Tray seems better than Notification Area though, as it is not just for notifications.

Andy.

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