How do I clear icons next to the clock?

Question

I have a bunch of icons that I do not want next to the clock area, how do I clear them, I think its auto start for these programs, this makes my boot up slow, I think it takes up memory. I need to clear them. Please anyone.

Answer 1

Check the Options or Preferences of the individual items. Many will have an option to show or hide the item in the System Tray. Right-click each item and go to Options, Preferences or Setting (whatever). You may have to open the application to access these settings.

Win XP can hide them for you. Right-click the taskbar at the bottom of the screen and choose Properties. Chech the "Hide inactive icons" option and click OK.

Some of these things should be running all the time, like anti-virus, etc. so don't disable them. Others might be in the Windows Startup folder. Eliminate them from Startup and they won't auto start. Stuff like Quicktime or Yahoo Messenger, you'll need to dig into the Options menus. Video card settings, you may have to go the Display Settings in your Control Panel and uncheck the 'show in taskbar' option.

Answer 2

if the icons won't just close from right clicking them u can open up properties and limit which ones show their when you start up your computer
you can also open up the settings of the program icons there and tell them not to start when your computer turns on

Answer 3

GO TO SYSTEM TOOLS. it do NOT slow down pc or take up memory. It an icon, . The programs do and you do not want to remove those.

Answer 4

On the Start Menu, click on Run and type in "msconfig", without the quotes. Click on the startup tab and uncheck everything. Apply the changes and restart the machine.

Answer 5

You THINK it takes up memory? Some of these are needed to make programs run properly. CHeck each one before disabling it in MSconfig.

Answer 6

You can either manually right click and exit them, or using Windows Defender, define the startup programs which you would like to launch on startup or inactivate them from the startup menu. goodluck!

Answer 7

Go here: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilitiesindex.mspx

and check out autoruns. This program will show you what programs autostart when you boot your computer. It also lets you change them to not autostart. Use with care, though. You don't want t stop something from starting that you need.

Answer 8

right click the mouse on the icon and choose close.....