The notification area is the part of the Windows User Interface that displays application icons in the task bar.
The notification area is usually located next to the clock in the lower right corner of the UI.
Questions tagged [notification-area]
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Minimize app WhatsApp in system tray / notification area
I am looking for a way to minimize WhatsApp (the official Windows app) in the system tray.
I am using Windows 10.
Breith
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Can I disable the "Disable apps to help improve performance" notification?
I've been running the released version of Windows 10 (x64) for a week now. Every other day or so, I get the following Security and Maintenance notification regarding "disable apps to help improve performance":
My machine has 12 cores and 32GB of…
C-Pound Guru
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Why is Windows reporting a battery charge with my desktop?
I have a desktop computer.
Get-wmiobject win32_computersystem | select manufacturer,model
Manufacturer : Hewlett-Packard
Model : HP ProDesk 600 G1 SFF
For a while it would give me a icon in the systray stating that my battery…
Matt
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Getting taskbar with clock (notification area) on second monitor with Windows 10
My Windows 10 updated itself this morning and now the notification area (the rightmost part of the taskbar with clock) will only appear on the laptop monitor. The past several weeks it was happily appearing on an external monitor.
I'm on a Surface…
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How to show the week number on the Windows system tray calendar?
I am using Windows 7, and sometimes I would like to check the current week number from the calendar. However, by default, the Windows system tray calendar does not show the week numbers.
Is it possible to make the week numbers visible in the system…
Niko Fohr
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Why is it faster to restore applications from System Tray than from the Taskbar?
Some applications, don't actually exit when closing them. Instead, they keep on running the background. Applications known for this are
Discord
Telegram Desktop
Steam
When in this state, trying to restore them by clicking the (non-running) icon on…
janssen-dev
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How to access the system tray using the keyboard?
Is there a way I can access the system tray items using the keyboard in Windows XP?
balalakshmi
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Remove "Show Desktop" button next to the clock in Windows 7
Windows 7 has a new "Show Desktop" button all the way at the edge of the system tray area. Is there any way to get rid of it?
I never use it because I just press Win+D instead, and it's kind of annoying to me.
i-g
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Freeware local proxy engine for Windows?
Is there a nice and small, freeware proxy application that runs in the system tray?
It should support HTTP and HTTPS proxy connections, NTLM authentication and configurable rules (different proxy servers for different hosts).
Bonus karma if it can…
Tomalak
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How to remove the Outlook 2010 icon from tray?
How do I remove the Outlook 2010 icon from my Windows 7 system tray / notification area?
Just for clarification: i really mean 'remove' and not 'hide'.
I have the icon in the taskbar and I don't need to see a second redundant Outlook icon in my…
Aron Rotteveel
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Disable Microsoft Edge Pop-up Notifications in Taskbar and System Tray
I recently started seeing popup notifications from Microsoft Edge when I try to open another browser like Firefox or Chrome:
Is there any way to disable these popups without uninstalling Microsoft Edge?
Greg Bray
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Notification area Volume icon is stuck off
On Windows 7 x64, the system Volume icon in the notification area/tray on the taskbar is missing. It was working recently, but it does not show currently. I have two audio devices - some on-board sound (default Microsoft drivers) and a Logitech USB…
Tim Danner
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Windows 7 system tray date display not appearing
I'm using Windows 7 RC and for some reason, the date won't show at all on my system tray. It used to for a while, but one day it just stopped (I didn't even notice it until someone pointed it out).
So I've been trying to fix it, by customizing the…
Anton
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Windows 7 tray icons invisible
The tray icons are still there, but they're just invisible. No amount of clicking will do anything to them.
Ending and then running explorer.exe is a quick fix, but then the icons return to their invisible state upon reboot. I've been dealing with…
Entity
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How can I prevent an app (specifically zoom) from running in the background when I close it?
When I close a certain app (Zoom) it appears in my notification area and continues to run as a background process. I have to manually right click and exit the program (or open task manager and exit) each time. How can I prevent it from running as a…
Blangzo
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