Registry setting to hide a specific tray icon

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by Kyber, Dec 25, 2022.

  1. Kyber

    Kyber MDL Novice

    Oct 14, 2012
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    Hello to all,

    Can any one guide to the registry setting where we can hide specific app icon from tray permanently. (win 10/win 11)

    Merry Christmas to All

    Regards
     
  2. kaljukass

    kaljukass MDL Guru

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    Impossible to figure out what you really want.
    Maybe some specific example though. But just to clarify, the existence of any app icon does not depend on the Windows registry, and they are usually always hidden either in the main .exe file or in some .dll file. So they are always hidden and also encrypted.
     
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  3. Kyber

    Kyber MDL Novice

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    okay to specify further I want to hide the VNC Server Icon from the Tray but the server should be running in the background.

    Is that Possible?
     
  4. eSc0p3

    eSc0p3 MDL Novice

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    as mentioned above its app specific and settings are there within the app.. for eg: VNCServer

    try adding this to registry :

    add using CMD
    Code:
    REG ADD HKCU\Software\Policies\RealVNC\vncserver\ /v "DisableTrayIcon" /t REG_SZ /d "1"
    
    or

    REGEDIT - Paste in notepad save as "VNCNoIcon.reg"
    Code:
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
    
    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\RealVNC\vncserver]
    "DisableTrayIcon"=dword:00000001