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Is there any free way to get system icons (such as the wireless icon) in the tray to permanently hide? I know you can do seemingly that with Customize Notifications..., but it doesn't actually stick.

And I did see PS Tray Factory over here, but it's not free.

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I'm pretty sure that Windows hides icons based on their associated text. If the text changes, Windows considers it to be a new icon with a different hide/show configuration. Which is ridiculous. – wfaulk Oct 16 '09 at 2:07
Yeah, that is ridiculous. Fix it, MS. – Nathaniel Oct 16 '09 at 22:05
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The problem is that certain apps don't provide a title for the system tray icons. Windows doesn't have a way of recognizing them if they don't have a title, so it doesn't remember the option to always hide. That's why certain icons just can't remember to stay hidden.

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Aha! Thanks for the insight. – Nathaniel Oct 16 '09 at 22:05
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TraySaver

TraySaver alleviated these problems by letting you stash away unneeded tray icons in a hideable separate tray, and by restoring the icons after an Explorer crash. It also added an option to the system menu of any application that let you minimize it to the tray.

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try TweakXP http://www.tweakxp.com/article36789.aspx

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Hmm, that hides all of them. Not quite what I want. – Nathaniel Oct 16 '09 at 2:07
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