Until Windows 7 came along, it was challenging at best to control what did and didn’t appear in the System Tray. It wasn’t uncommon to see a dozen or more icons littered down there.

In Windows 7 and 8, you could customize icons in the “system tray” to permanently show on the taskbar, or hide them away in the pop-up drawer. These options have moved in Windows 10.

Microsoft’s Skype for Linux Alpha gets device settings and a system tray icon Microsoft promised to update the client every two weeks, and so far it's following through. World Beyond Windows ...

To reset Taskbar System Tray Icons in Windows 11, we have to do it in the Registry Editor. So, before diving into the process, backup your registry settings and get into it.

When icons start disappearing from Windows Vista's system tray—like the networking, volume control, or time display—and you can't restore them from the standard options menus, the itch to re ...

Hey, I've a bit of a problem. My desktop is set to 1024x768 @ 32 bit color, and everything but the icons in the system tray show up fine. They look like ...

The system tray icon for Microsoft Security Essentials allows easy access to the anti-virus application's user interface in Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. If the icon doesn't Chron Logo ...

An icon will appear in the system tray when you use an app that supports Windows Studio Effects. This only occurs on a device that has a neural processing unit (NPU). Select the icon to open the ...

Just like with Windows 10, you'll find the network manager in the system tray, where it lives as a tiny Wi-Fi icon. Take, for instance, the Windows network pop-up.

The latest Windows 11 preview build from the Dev channel introduces much needed improvements for the system tray area, such as modern tooltips, better animations, the ability to drag icons, and more.

Although you can manually drag icons outside the overflow area, the process is a bit tedious, especially if you have many icons in the tray. Also, Windows 11 is known for messing around with tray ...