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Customize the Tray

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The Tray is the little box (usually in the lower right-hand corner of your screen) that, by default, contains the clock and the little yellow speaker. You'll notice some other icons appearing in the tray, used either to start a program, or show the options for a program that is already running. Although there doesn't seem to be any sort of consistency or standards for items in the tray, it is definitely possible to add your own icons. Here's how to customize the various aspects of the tray:


Add your own programs to the tray:

  • Obtain and install the Tray applet (23 kb).
  • Run Tray.EXE, right-click on the new icon in the tray, and select Help for instructions.


Hide the tray entirely (without manually removing all of its contents):

  • Obtain and run TrayHide (10 kb). Run it again to restore the tray.


Written by: Annoyances.org
Last updated: Wednesday, February 7, 2007

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