Windows 7 operating system cleanup notification area icon

        Most users know that under Windows 7, whenever we use a new program and put it in the taskbar tray, Windows 7 will automatically record the location of these icons in the taskbar tray, such as hidden in the "hidden area. ", still directly displayed in the taskbar tray.

Steps/Methods Most users know that under Windows 7, whenever we use a new program and put it in the taskbar tray, Windows 7 will automatically record these icons in the task. The position of the bar tray, for example, is hidden in the "hidden area" or displayed directly in the task tray. And according to the needs of the program to record notifications and display methods, but more and more programs may be recorded over time, this time we open the custom settings panel of the taskbar notification area will find a lot of irrelevant icons, as follows Figure:

Cleanup method: (don't worry if the icon disappears, it will appear automatically)

Press "Win+R", enter "regedit" to open the registry Editor, then open the following key values:

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\Local Settings\\Software\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\TrayNotify

On the right you can see two key values: IconStreams and PastIconsStream, Remove their values.

Then call up the task manager to terminate the process "explorer.exe", then click "File - New Task" in the task manager, enter "explorer", press Enter to restart the system process. (or restart your computer).

Now look at the icon in the notification area and the expired icon has been successfully cleaned up.

Will not modify the registry, you can download this attachment, after extracting, for the REG file, double-click and restart the computer, OK