Method of deleting invalid old icons in the Windows 7 notification area

After a period of use of the Windows 7 operating system, a large number of invalid old program icons are left in the notification area of ​​the taskbar, and these programs may even have been uninstalled. So, how do you want to delete these invalid old icons? Follow the operation of the ink-dyeing warm-hearted step by step.

The specific operation is as follows:

First, check the existing icon in the notification area icon

1. Click the triangle button on the right side of the Windows7 Ultimate taskbar. , as shown in Figure 1:

Figure 1 Click the triangle button on the right side of the Windows7 taskbar

2. In the window that appears, select “Customize”, as shown in Figure 2. Shown:

Figure 2 Select “Customize”

3. In the "notification area icon" window drop-down list box, you can see all the notification area icons , as shown in Figure 3:

Figure 3 View notification area icon

Second, delete the invalid old icon in the Windows7 notification area

We can pass http://www. Windows7en.com/luobowin7/Registry Editor for manual deletion.

1. Click the "Start” button, type “regedit” in the search box of the start menu and press the Enter key on the keyboard, as shown in Figure 4:

Figure 4 Enter “regedit”

2. In the “Registry Editor” window that appears, click the “Edit” option and click on “Show” in the column that appears. ) …” command, as shown in Figure 5:

Figure 5 Click “Find (F)…”Command

3.In the "Find" In the window, type “IconStreams”, and click “ find the next (F)”, as shown in Figure 6:

Figure 6 Find <; IconStreams”

4. Then The registry will search. After the search is completed, the registry entries for the notification area icon will be listed, "IconStreams" and "PastIconsStream", as shown in Figure 7, and these two items will be deleted, and the registry editor will be closed. .

Figure 7 Delete the registry key “IconStreams” and “PastIconsStream”

5. On the keyboard, click Ctrl+shift+ESC” to open the Windows 7 Task Manager.

6. In the Windows 7 Task Manager window, switch to the "Processes" tab, find the "explorer.exe" process item, click the "End Process" button to terminate the process item . As shown in Figure 9:

Figure 8 End process <;explorer.exe”

7. In the Windows Task Manager prompt interface, click “ end process & rdquo;, as shown 9:

Figure 9 Click “ End Process &

8. Click the <;File(F)” menu command and select “New Task from the drop-down menu that appears. (Run …)(N)”, as shown in Figure 10:

Figure 10 “New Task (Run …)(N)”

9. At “ In the Create New Task window, enter “explorer.exe” and click “OK>, as shown in Figure 11:

Figure 11 Enter “explorer.exe&rdquo ;