Is there any way to delete Past Items in the Notification Area(Customize
Notification Icons)? I had a VBScript I used with XP which doesn't work with
Vista.

"spjr2" <spjr2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:65283285-7A6F-40C2-A267-8D9CAC035870@microsoft.com...
> Is there any way to delete Past Items in the Notification Area(Customize
> Notification Icons)? I had a VBScript I used with XP which doesn't work
> with
> Vista.


Right-click on the Taskbar > select Properties > Notification Area tab >
check the "Hide inactive icons" checkbox > click the "Customize" button >
customize your Notification Area:

You can set any icon to:

Show
Hide
Hide when inactive

and Default setting.

Click OK


Saucy

"spjr2" <spjr2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:65283285-7A6F-40C2-A267-8D9CAC035870@microsoft.com...
> Is there any way to delete Past Items in the Notification Area(Customize
> Notification Icons)? I had a VBScript I used with XP which doesn't work
> with
> Vista.

If you post in your current script (right-click > edit), then I'll show you
what needs changing (when I'm next in).

--
Jon

spjr2 - Go to "howtogeek.com" homepage; find Windows Vista on the right;
scroll down to "Tips and Tweaks"; find " Clean Up Past Notification Icons in
Windows " and go from there.
It works, but they start building up again so keep this tip handy. Wayne
--
Wayne L


"spjr2" wrote:

> Is there any way to delete Past Items in the Notification Area(Customize
> Notification Icons)? I had a VBScript I used with XP which doesn't work with
> Vista.

Use the script here:

How to Clear Past Items from the Notification Area in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/140/1/

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"spjr2" <spjr2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:65283285-7A6F-40C2-A267-8D9CAC035870@microsoft.com...
Is there any way to delete Past Items in the Notification Area(Customize
Notification Icons)? I had a VBScript I used with XP which doesn't work with
Vista.

I got this from another site (kellys-korner)
'xp_pastitems.vbs - Remove Past Items from the System Tray
'Based on fixes by Doug Knox and Kelly Theriot.
'© Doug Knox and Kelly Theriot - 8/23/2003

Message = "To work correctly, the script will close" & vbCR
Message = Message & "and restart the Windows Explorer shell." & vbCR
Message = Message & "This will not harm your system." & vbCR & vbCR
Message = Message & "Continue?"

X = MsgBox(Message, vbYesNo, "Notice")

If X = 6 Then

On Error Resume Next

Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")

WshShell.RegDelete
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\TrayNotify\IconStreams"
WshShell.RegDelete
"HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\TrayNotify\PastIconsStream"

Set WshShell = Nothing

On Error GoTo 0

For Each Process in GetObject("winmgmts:"). _
ExecQuery ("select * from Win32_Process where name='explorer.exe'")
Process.terminate(0)
Next

MsgBox "Finished." & vbcr & vbcr & "© Doug Knox and Kelly Theriot", 4096,
"Done"

Else

MsgBox "No changes were made to your system." & vbcr & vbcr & "© Doug Knox
and Kelly Theriot", 4096, "User Cancelled"

End If

"Jon" wrote:

>
> "spjr2" <spjr2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:65283285-7A6F-40C2-A267-8D9CAC035870@microsoft.com...
> > Is there any way to delete Past Items in the Notification Area(Customize
> > Notification Icons)? I had a VBScript I used with XP which doesn't work
> > with
> > Vista.
>
> If you post in your current script (right-click > edit), then I'll show you
> what needs changing (when I'm next in).
>
> --
> Jon
>
>
>
>

Thanks for the tip-I'm always looking for Windows help sites.

"Wayne L" wrote:

> spjr2 - Go to "howtogeek.com" homepage; find Windows Vista on the right;
> scroll down to "Tips and Tweaks"; find " Clean Up Past Notification Icons in
> Windows " and go from there.
> It works, but they start building up again so keep this tip handy. Wayne
> --
> Wayne L
>
>
> "spjr2" wrote:
>
> > Is there any way to delete Past Items in the Notification Area(Customize
> > Notification Icons)? I had a VBScript I used with XP which doesn't work with
> > Vista.

Thanks for your help

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Use the script here:
>
> How to Clear Past Items from the Notification Area in Windows Vista:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/140/1/
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "spjr2" <spjr2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:65283285-7A6F-40C2-A267-8D9CAC035870@microsoft.com...
> Is there any way to delete Past Items in the Notification Area(Customize
> Notification Icons)? I had a VBScript I used with XP which doesn't work with
> Vista.
>

"spjr2" <spjr2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A6C97928-897D-4FC6-8EBB-EE29C6204B7B@microsoft.com...
>I got this from another site (kellys-korner)
> 'xp_pastitems.vbs - Remove Past Items from the System Tray
> 'Based on fixes by Doug Knox and Kelly Theriot.
> '© Doug Knox and Kelly Theriot - 8/23/2003
>
> Message = "To work correctly, the script will close" & vbCR
> Message = Message & "and restart the Windows Explorer shell." & vbCR
> Message = Message & "This will not harm your system." & vbCR & vbCR
> Message = Message & "Continue?"
>
> X = MsgBox(Message, vbYesNo, "Notice")
>
> If X = 6 Then
>
> On Error Resume Next
>
> Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
>
> WshShell.RegDelete
> "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\TrayNotify\IconStreams"
> WshShell.RegDelete
> "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\TrayNotify\PastIconsStream"
>
> Set WshShell = Nothing
>
> On Error GoTo 0
>
> For Each Process in GetObject("winmgmts:"). _
> ExecQuery ("select * from Win32_Process where name='explorer.exe'")
> Process.terminate(0)
> Next
>
> MsgBox "Finished." & vbcr & vbcr & "© Doug Knox and Kelly Theriot", 4096,
> "Done"
>
> Else
>
> MsgBox "No changes were made to your system." & vbcr & vbcr & "© Doug Knox
> and Kelly Theriot", 4096, "User Cancelled"
>
> End If
>





Looks fine. The only change with Vista is that the registry locations have
now changed. So if you wanted to use the same script then you'd just need to
update these 2 lines to point to the new locations


> WshShell.RegDelete
> "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\TrayNotify\IconStreams"
> WshShell.RegDelete
> "HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ex plorer\TrayNotify\PastIconsStream"
>


ie

WshShell.RegDelete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \TrayNotify\IconStreams"

WshShell.RegDelete "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local
Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion \TrayNotify\PastIconsStream"



adjusted of course for Windows Mail wordwrap and indent markers ;-)

You can also use 'HKCU' instead of 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER' if you like.

--
Jon

You're welcome!

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"spjr2" <spjr2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:DA0FB08A-9A7E-4CB7-A731-465764770E2B@microsoft.com...
Thanks for your help

"Ramesh, MS-MVP" wrote:

> Use the script here:
>
> How to Clear Past Items from the Notification Area in Windows Vista:
> http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/140/1/
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
> Windows® Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com
>
>
> "spjr2" <spjr2@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:65283285-7A6F-40C2-A267-8D9CAC035870@microsoft.com...
> Is there any way to delete Past Items in the Notification Area(Customize
> Notification Icons)? I had a VBScript I used with XP which doesn't work with
> Vista.
>

"spjr2" wrote:

> Is there any way to delete Past Items in the Notification Area(Customize
> Notification Icons)? I had a VBScript I used with XP which doesn't work with
> Vista.