Re: "Hide Inactive Icons" Stopped Working

I do not understand what your problem is.

I just reread your original post.

problem, especially if the icons you want hidden or shown are in the
right order grouped together.

Notification Icons are never grouped together.

Only taskbar buttons may be grouped together.

taskbar button
[[A button that appears on the taskbar and corresponds to a running
application.]]

Only Notification icons can be set to Always show, Always hide or Hide
when inactive.

notification area
[[The area on the taskbar to the right of the taskbar buttons. The
notification area displays the time and can also contain shortcuts that
provide quick access to programs, such as Volume Control and Power Options.
Other shortcuts can appear temporarily, providing information about the
status of activities. For example, the printer shortcut icon appears after a
document has been sent to the printer and disappears when printing
is complete.]]

Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab |
Under Taskbar appearance

Under Notification area

Group similar taskbar buttons
[[Displays taskbar buttons for files opened by the same program in the same
area of the taskbar. In addition, if the taskbar becomes so crowded with
buttons that the width of the buttons shrinks beyond a certain width, then
the buttons for the same program are collapsed into a single button.
Clicking the button lets you access the document you want. Right-clicking
the button lets you close all the documents you want.]]

Hide inactive icons
[[Keeps the taskbar notification area from displaying unused icons.]]

Customize button
[[Lets you specify the behavior of an icon in the taskbar notification area.
For each icon that has been displayed in the taskbar notification area, you
can choose from these options: Always show option to have the icon always
displayed; Always hide option to keep the icon from being displayed; Hide
when inactive option to keep an icon from being displayed when it has not
been clicked within a certain amount of time.]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:Xns9832B4B05E2678675309@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Brandy Alexandre <brandyalx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
Wesley Vogel <123WVogel955@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
microsoft.public.windowsxp.basics:

Notification Area
[[Chevron is missing: For some users, setting the very first icon
to Always Hide, restores the arrow. ]]
from...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm

"Hide inactive icons" is greyed out in Taskbar Properties
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/traynotify.htm

Also...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

290. Hide Inactive Icons - Greyed Out

Troubleshooting the Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm#na



No, it doesn't help. As I mentioned, it's a weak workaround, applied
to each individual icon, and doesn't help at all unless your icons are
in order of how you want them handled.

Thanks for trying.

Brandy

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