How to get rid of icons in system tray?

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From: Wislu Plethora (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/13/04 

Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2004 08:11:44 -0700

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Everytime i install something new, an icon get placed in
the sysstem
>tray on the bottom right of my desktop.
>I need to learn how to get the ones i don't need out of
there.
>I got xp pro.
>
>Thanks a lot
>
>Patrick
>.

Look at the options in the individual programs. There's
usually an option to lod on startup, or show an icon on
startup.

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