HOW TO HIDE SYSTEM TRAY ICONS????????????

I know this is a long dead subject but I was doing a google search for something to hide system tray icons and found this thread, I tried the app above and it works perfectly the only problem I now have is that it only remembers the settings until a reboot.

Here is what you all are looking for. (This took me years to find because I've been wondering how to do this ever since I first started using XP)
I found this code a few months back, and compiled it.

It was created by a russian guy named Ark (Arkadiy Olovyannikov).
I can tell that his experience is way beyond mine in VB6. (Not from this code, but from other projects of his)
He is probably most known for his code to call APIs by name, and also do it remotely. 

I have seen him and/or his amazing and advanced VB6 code all around the web.
Sites like PsCode.com, FreeVBCode.com, Experts-Exchange , and even HackHound.org

http://www.freevbcode.com/AuthorInfo.asp?AuthorID=17777

http://www.planet-source-code.com/vb/scripts/BrowseCategoryOrSearchResults.asp?lngWId=1&blnAuthorSearch=TRUE&lngAuthorId=442485613&strAuthorName=Ark&txtMaxNumberOfEntriesPerPage=25

http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_486871.html





In any case here is the code I am talking about: I put it in a project and compiled it:
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ntme2dn0d5f


It has the VB6 source and the compile .exe.

When I get some time, I might expand and improve on it.
Let me know of any feature requests and Ill try to implement them.



I found it from here:
http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Visual_Basic/Q_21400676.html?

But inorder to view the page, you need to go through google to do so:
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Who+lives+in+my+system+tray


Enjoy!
-Matt



Edited by Matts_User_Name - 13 May 2009 at 2:05am

In my defense, the opening post might be *dead*, but the rest of the windows community will still find this thread useful. I came here looking for something, didn't find it, googled, and profited.

Props to all the programmers here!

Hi back, Molotov

I find it hard to understand what tray icons need to be hidden... The only two icons that show up in my systray by default are "safely remove hardware"(idk if this can be disabled, it probably can by stopping the service altogether) and "volume"(can be disabled in audio properties). And I don't hide system icons. All the programs I use have enable/disable systray icon.

From what I understood, he wants to run a program hidden in the background, and usually hiding the window does the trick(assuming the program's systray icon is disabled). But you're right Molotov.


Edited by rendereason - 12 May 2009 at 4:06am

Throughout the years using Win XP, I've noticed that whatever it is that you imagine, anything, someone has already programmed it. I'm not a programmer, just an average gamer.
http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/OuttaSight/outofsight.html

Also, try this one if you're into minimizing to tray.
http://alltotray.software.informer.com/

So far, the amount of freeware out for winxp has never let me down. The most powerful macro tool I use often is autohotkey.com I've even found out it emulates half-keyboards...

Hope this helps


Edited by rendereason - 12 May 2009 at 3:53am