Comments for How do I get rid of the Quicktime Icon in the Windows System Tray?

Comment from Mary-ann on 2008-08-08

2008-08-09T02:58:07Z

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?

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Comment from Sherif Basha on 2008-02-01

2008-02-01T17:42:26Z

Thank you Sir.Its very useful for a novice like me.

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Comment from Maria on 2007-11-03

2007-11-03T12:44:39Z

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

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Comment from Ms Global on 2007-05-07

2007-05-07T17:00:32Z

Thanks for the info. I had this QuickTime problem on two computers.

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Comment from Haskel on 2007-02-19

2007-02-19T20:38:18Z

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

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Comment from Nicholas Gimbrone on 2007-02-17

2007-02-17T17:00:48Z

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.

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Comment from Fred on 2007-02-16

2007-02-17T05:43:30Z

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.

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Comment from Francis Schorr on 2007-02-16

2007-02-17T03:24:39Z

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.

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