Ways to delete invalid old icons in the WINDOWS7 notification area

Windows7 operating system after a period of use, in the notification area of the taskbar will leave a large number of invalid old program icons, these programs may even have been uninstalled. So, how do you want to remove these invalid old icons? Follow the ink to warm the heart of the operation, step-by-step implementation.

The specific actions are as follows:

One, view the existing icon in the notification area icon

1. Click the triangle button on the right of the Windows7 flagship taskbar, as shown in Figure 1:

Figure 1 Click the triangle button to the right of the Windows7 taskbar

2. In the window that appears, select Custom, as shown in Figure 2:

Figure 2 Selecting "Customize"

3. You can see all the notification area icons in the Drop-down list box in the Notification Area icon window that appears, as shown in Figure 3:

Figure 3 Viewing the notification area icon

Delete invalid old icon of Windows7 notification area

We can delete them manually through the http://www.windows7en.com/luobowin7/Registry Editor.

1. Click the "Start" button, enter "regedit" in the Start menu search box and press the ENTER key on the keyboard as shown in Figure 4:

Figure 4 Entering "regedit"

2. In the Registry Editor window that appears, click the Edit option, and in the column that appears, select the Find (F) ... command, as shown in Figure 5:

Figure 5 Click the Find (F) ... command

3. In the Find window that appears, enter "IconStreams" and click "Find Next (F)" as shown in Figure 6:

Figure 6 Finding "iconstreams"

4. Then the registry will search, after the search is completed, will be listed on the notification area icon of the registry key "IconStreams" and "PastIconsStream", as shown in Figure 7, and delete these two, close Registry Editor.

Figure 7 Deleting the registry key "IconStreams" and "PastIconsStream"

5. "Ctrl+shift+esc" on the keyboard, open Windows7 Task Manager.

6. In the Windows7 Task Manager window, switch to the Processes tab, locate the Explorer.exe process item, and then click the End Process button to terminate the process item. As shown in Figure 9:

Figure 8 Ending process "explorer.exe"

7. In the Windows Task Manager prompt interface that appears, click "End Process" as shown in Figure 9:

Figure 9, click End Process

8. Click the "file (F)" menu command and select "New Task (Run ...)" In the Drop-down menu that appears. (N) "as shown in Figure 10:

Figure 10 "New task (running ...) (N) "

9. In the Create New Task window, enter "Explorer.exe" and click OK, as shown in Figure 11:

Figure 11 Entering "Explorer.exe"