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items in taskbar
Name: titan Date: January 30, 2002 at 08:27:15 Pacific
Comment:
Hi,
I have quite a few icons listed on the taskbar. How do i remove them permanently? ie i do not want them to autolaunch when XP has started. Thanks!
Name: cybernev02 Date: January 30, 2002 at 09:18:07 Pacific
Reply:
they should be in the Start > Programs >startup -
u can delete them from there... in adition, goto start, run > msconfig > startup - uncheck applications which u dont want running. i.e. realplayer. dont uncheck everything, ur XP will b Fuked after wards...
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Response Number 2
Name: titan Date: January 30, 2002 at 09:43:40 Pacific
Reply:
i have done it. Thanks a lot. But although they are not in the taskbar, they are still under taskbar/customise/customize notifications (under Past items). But in fact these programs (eg. Twin Video player, McAfeeGuardian, Vshield) longer exist in my pc, how come they are still being registered as past items?
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