Re: Outlook 2003 System Tray Icon

The same behavior I find unacceptable with 'Personalized Menus' -
things being hidden that require mouse movement to reveal. My
preference is to have economy of movement, and that means, if it is
available/present, it is shown.

Michael D. Alligood wrote:
Just out of curiosity, what "system behavior" do you find unacceptable
when you check "Hide Inactive Icon"?

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Michael D. Alligood,
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"mr.sandog@xxxxxxxxx" <mr.sandog@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Michael D. Alligood wrote:
If I have read all the threads correctly, you want to remove outlook
from the system tray altogether. As far as I am aware, you cannot do
this. You can however hide the outlook icon in the system tray by
following the directions located at;
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook/HA011601291033.aspx#show%20notif

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Michael D. Alligood,
MCSA, MCDST, MCP, A+,
Network+, i-Net+, CIW Assoc.,
CIW Certified Instructor


I think you're the only one who actually understands the problem.

I've already read the document you linked to and in order to 'hide' the
icon, the document is saying that the 'Hide Inactive Icons' box must be
checked, which I elect not to do, because that causes other system
behavior that I find unacceptable.

So, it appears that I cannot be rid of the Outlook 2003 icon in the
system tray without enabling other unacceptable system behavior.
Worked fine in Outlook '97, so why Microsoft chose to do this for 2003
is beyond me, but doesn't surprise me.


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
<MillyS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Yes, Russ already told you but you choose to not believe him.

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After furious head scratching, mr.sandog@xxxxxxxxx asked:

| Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
|| He expects a program to run without appearing on either the Taskbar
|| or the System Tray? Odd.
|
| If you read the original post I said nothing about the taskbar, only
| the system tray. Of course I expect whatever application I open to be
| present in the taskbar. What I don't like is the icon in the system
| tray.
|
| Do you know the difference between the system tray and the taskbar?
| I'm beginning to think that either you do not, or you are not capable
| of discerning the difference. If either of these is true, I invite
| you to not participate in further discussion in this thread.
|
| The following is for people who understand my question -
|
| Right now I have Opera, Firefox, Thunderbird and Outlook all open, and
| only Outlook demands that it have an icon in the system tray. Outlook
| 97 didn't require an icon in the system tray, and yet Outlook 2003
| does.
|
| Is there a way to get rid of this icon while leaving "Hide Inactive
| Icons" unchecked?
|
|
|
|
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|| Russ Valentine
|| [MVP-Outlook]
|| "Brian Tillman" <tillman1952@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
|| news:uBd8JfcBHHA.3380@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
||| Russ Valentine [MVP-Outlook] <russval@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
|||
|||| Not at all, but you are.
|||| You said you didn't want Outlook minimized to the System Tray. I
|||| told you how to do stop that behavior.
|||
||| My reading is that he wants to ditch the icon in the Notification
||| Area altogether. As far as I know, there's no way to do that so
||| it's "on to another calendar", as he put it.
||| --
||| Brian Tillman

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