It may well be in the program itself that places the icon in the
notification area. If that's the case you likely can't change the behavior.

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Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP
Windows Desktop Experience


"JamesJ" <jjy@darwin_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
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>I keep changing a Notification Area Icon to 'Show' but it keeps getting
> changed to 'Hide when inactive'.
> I do have the 'Hide inactive icons' checked. So what good does it do to be
> able to change the icon setting to 'Show' in 'Customize' if it keeps
> changing back?
> Any way to keep this icon showing without unchecking 'Hide inactive
> icons'???
>
> James
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