Ability to hide notification bar in vista?

revolutions · #1 (**permalink**) 06-20-2007, 09:27 AM

Is there a way to completely hide the notification bar in windows vista, i know i could do it in xp using tweak ui but is there a way to do it in vista?

Thanks for the help!

Keith · #2 (**permalink**) 06-20-2007, 09:43 AM

Yes there is.

revolutions · #3 (**permalink**) 06-20-2007, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Keith

Yes there is.

can you please tell me where i can get?

Keith · #4 (**permalink**) 06-20-2007, 11:31 AM

No, I have no idea, you'd have to get Vista back onto my laptop for that seeing as I used to have it that way....

**Ash** · #5 (**permalink**) 06-20-2007, 12:22 PM

Hi revolutions,
Nice to see you visiting us again - I hope you'll be visiting more often in the future.
By "notification bar", do you mean the taskbar with the Start button/orb at the bottom of the screen?

revolutions · #6 (**permalink**) 06-20-2007, 01:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Ash

Hi revolutions,
Nice to see you visiting us again - I hope you'll be visiting more often in the future.
By "notification bar", do you mean the taskbar with the Start button/orb at the bottom of the screen?

yes it on the right hand side where all the little icons are near the clock

**Ash** · #7 (**permalink**) 06-20-2007, 04:10 PM

Ah... I'm sure that you are talking about the Sidebar. To get rid of it, just right-click it, select Properties, and uncheck the 'Start Sidebar when Windows starts' and click OK. Then right-click it and select Close... and it's gone. It'll still be running in your system tray and you could close it, but the next time you start your computer it will be gone.

revolutions · #8 (**permalink**) 06-20-2007, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Ash

Ah... I'm sure that you are talking about the Sidebar. To get rid of it, just right-click it, select Properties, and uncheck the 'Start Sidebar when Windows starts' and click OK. Then right-click it and select Close... and it's gone. It'll still be running in your system tray and you could close it, but the next time you start your computer it will be gone.

nope I'm talking about the notification bar it is built into the task bar and is next to the clock.

**Ash** · #9 (**permalink**) 06-20-2007, 09:55 PM

Do you mean the little icons? In fact, a screenshot would probably be best...

revolutions · #10 (**permalink**) 06-21-2007, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Ash

Do you mean the little icons? In fact, a screenshot would probably be best...

thats what i mean the little icons next to the clock i can hide the inactive ones but what the hole thing to be hidden

**Ash** · #11 (**permalink**) 06-21-2007, 04:58 PM

This should probably sort this:
1) Create a new text file and name it something.reg. It can be anything you like as long as it's got .reg at the end. Save it anywhere you like as well, as long as you can open it. Make sure it's got the following contents:

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoTrayItemsDisplay"=dword:00000001

2) Open it up. Windows may show various warning dialogs and User Account Control will pop up if you haven't disabled it. Click Yes/ OK on all of the dialog boxes.
3) Reboot, or log-out and log back in. Your tray icons should be gone

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