Hidden Icons on task bar not hiding.

[Jester]

I'm Running windows Blind 4. I noticed the other day that the hidden icon feature for the task bar was not working. I thought it might be because of the windows blinds so I turned it off and restarted. I still cannot get my system tray icons to hide. The arrow that you click to hide or unhide them will not even show up. I hope I have been specific enough to get help if not I'll answer questions. Please help. Oh and I'm running windows xp professional. A legal copy of all software as well nothing is hacked.

[not important]

Right clik on the "Start" button-Select "Properties"-Clik on "Taskbar"-Put a check in the box that says"Hide Inactice Icons"

[Jester]

I posred this problem because that box s checked and still it does not work. I have checked and unchecked and rechecked and it still doesn't work. I'm sorry I didnt Post that in my fisrt post.

[Miz]

Download and run the script on this page and the problem should be fixed.

I've used a lot of the scripts from the Doug Knox site. They have all worked and they have all been safe (virus and trojan free).

[Jester]

That didn't work and it deleted somethign form my registry so this is a bigger problem now i guess can anyone else help

[Jester]

The problem fixed itself, and it rewrote the registry value. My question now is; is it possible to copy a value in the registry to notpad and save it some where? That way if it comes back again I can just reenter the value for a quick fix. I know if it aint broke don't fix it, but I want to know how to fix it should the problem arise again.

[spyder003]

right click the registry key that you're messing with and choose "export". you can save it that way in case it gets messed up.

[Jester]

Awsome thanks!

[Miz]

Interesting - I've used that Doug Knox vbs script on about a half-dozen XP systems without problems. It deletes the two corrupted registry keys, Windows rebuilds them (eventually) and things are back to normal.

I have no idea why it didn't work on your system.