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Another option I've used in Windows XP to make notification icons go away is to permanently hide specific system tray icons. I do this by right-clicking the task bar and choosing Properties from the menu. In the Properties window I check the box that says "Hide inactive icons". Then I click the Customize button and another window pops up. In that window I choose the icon I want to hide, and for the behaviour I choose "Always Hide". I don't know if this works for the QuickTime icon in particular, because I uninstalled QuickTime on my PC. I also realise that this just addresses the symptoms rather than the underlying problem, but sometimes dealing with the symptom is enough.
Posted by: Francis Schorr at February 16, 2007 7:24 PM
Try the program autoruns. A free program which will display all auto starting programs and lets you disable them. It also helps to find auto starting viruses.
Posted by: Fred at February 16, 2007 9:43 PM
Some versions of QuickTime have a Preferences window that is organized differently than described here. For instance in 6.5 there is a list box rather than a set of tabs. The check box to disable the SysTray setting is under the Browser Plug-in settings on 6.5.
Posted by: Nicholas Gimbrone at February 17, 2007 9:00 AM
There is a great freeware program called WinPatrol (just Google for it) that monitors everything that tries to load itself into your startup file. You can update Quicktime and when it tries to load itself into startup WinPatrol will give you the option of saying "no."
Haskel
Posted by: Haskel at February 19, 2007 12:38 PM
Thanks for the info. I had this QuickTime problem on two computers.
Posted by: Ms Global at May 7, 2007 10:00 AM
My problem is very similar to quicktime icon. However, mine is with spydawn, the icon is very annoying because it keeps flashing the whole time, and every or 3 minutes a small window pops up saying that the program expired and must be re-install. HELP! I've tried the system configuration but I cannot find the name "spydawn" could it be listed by another name? I think they do this on purpose so that we can't find it. Please help me. Thanks, Maria
Posted by: Maria at November 3, 2007 5:44 AM
Thank you Sir.Its very useful for a novice like me.
Posted by: Sherif Basha at February 1, 2008 9:42 AM
I installed the free Quick Time program for Windows XP and received confirmation that the program was successfully installed. Wheb I click on the video, zip file, to download it the status does show that the 'video is downloading'. However, once the status shows 'done' all I get is the Q icon and no video? Why?
Posted by: Mary-ann at August 8, 2008 7:58 PM
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Another option I've used in Windows XP to make notification icons go away is to permanently hide specific system tray icons. I do this by right-clicking the task bar and choosing Properties from the menu. In the Properties window I check the box that says "Hide inactive icons". Then I click the Customize button and another window pops up. In that window I choose the icon I want to hide, and for the behaviour I choose "Always Hide". I don't know if this works for the QuickTime icon in particular, because I uninstalled QuickTime on my PC. I also realise that this just addresses the symptoms rather than the underlying problem, but sometimes dealing with the symptom is enough.
Posted by: Francis Schorr at February 16, 2007 7:24 PMTry the program autoruns. A free program which will display all auto starting programs and lets you disable them. It also helps to find auto starting viruses.
Posted by: Fred at February 16, 2007 9:43 PMSome versions of QuickTime have a Preferences window that is organized differently than described here. For instance in 6.5 there is a list box rather than a set of tabs. The check box to disable the SysTray setting is under the Browser Plug-in settings on 6.5.
Posted by: Nicholas Gimbrone at February 17, 2007 9:00 AMThere is a great freeware program called WinPatrol (just Google for it) that monitors everything that tries to load itself into your startup file. You can update Quicktime and when it tries to load itself into startup WinPatrol will give you the option of saying "no."
Posted by: Haskel at February 19, 2007 12:38 PMHaskel
Thanks for the info. I had this QuickTime problem on two computers.
Posted by: Ms Global at May 7, 2007 10:00 AMMy problem is very similar to quicktime icon. However, mine is with spydawn, the icon is very annoying because it keeps flashing the whole time, and every or 3 minutes a small window pops up saying that the program expired and must be re-install. HELP! I've tried the system configuration but I cannot find the name "spydawn" could it be listed by another name? I think they do this on purpose so that we can't find it. Please help me. Thanks, Maria
Posted by: Maria at November 3, 2007 5:44 AMThank you Sir.Its very useful for a novice like me.
Posted by: Sherif Basha at February 1, 2008 9:42 AMI installed the free Quick Time program for Windows XP and received confirmation that the program was successfully installed. Wheb I click on the video, zip file, to download it the status does show that the 'video is downloading'. However, once the status shows 'done' all I get is the Q icon and no video? Why?
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