Guest Mary Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 For some reason, the ability to hide inactive icons has suddenly stopped working. I've downloaded the fix from Kelly's page but this made no difference. I'm currently running Windows XP Pro SP2 with all updates, and I have tried everything to resolve this issue. Just to clarify, when you right click the taskbar, then go to Properties, and then check the box marked "Hide Inactive Icons", there will usually be chevrons marking the disappearance of icons that have not been recently clicked. For me, there isn't. They just seem to build up, and it's annoying not to have the option to hide them anymore. I've customized the behavior of the icons, and all are marked "Hide When Inactive" but it isn't doing anything. If anyone could help me understand what's going on, and maybe what I could do to fix it, I would really appreciate it. Thanks a lot. -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com
Guest Smirnoff Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Problem with hiding inactive icons "Mary" <nospam@thankyou.com> wrote in message news:6k3se3d353qil4161trgnfcrq4j7o4pr4d@4ax.com... > For some reason, the ability to hide inactive icons has suddenly > stopped working. I've downloaded the fix from Kelly's page but this > made no difference. I'm currently running Windows XP Pro SP2 with all > updates, and I have tried everything to resolve this issue. > > Just to clarify, when you right click the taskbar, then go to > Properties, and then check the box marked "Hide Inactive Icons", there > will usually be chevrons marking the disappearance of icons that have > not been recently clicked. For me, there isn't. They just seem to > build up, and it's annoying not to have the option to hide them > anymore. I've customized the behavior of the icons, and all are marked > "Hide When Inactive" but it isn't doing anything. > > If anyone could help me understand what's going on, and maybe what I > could do to fix it, I would really appreciate it. Thanks a lot. > > -- > Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > Just a thought. When you checked the "Hide Inactive Icons" in the taskbar tab and then customised, did you click "Apply"?
Guest Zilbandy Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Problem with hiding inactive icons On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:18:25 +0100, "Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote: >Just a thought. When you checked the "Hide Inactive Icons" in the >taskbar tab and then customised, did you click "Apply"? Clicking OK is fine, too. All clicking Apply does is apply the setting and leave the window open. OK will apply the setting and close the window. Either way, the setting will be applied. -- Zilbandy
Guest Smirnoff Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Problem with hiding inactive icons "Zilbandy" <zilbandy@comcastREMOVETHIS.net> wrote in message news:6sase3tdnr1670pkaur5vkerd15m75fvmj@4ax.com... > On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:18:25 +0100, "Smirnoff" > <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote: > >>Just a thought. When you checked the "Hide Inactive Icons" in the >>taskbar tab and then customised, did you click "Apply"? > > Clicking OK is fine, too. All clicking Apply does is apply the setting > and leave the window open. OK will apply the setting and close the > window. Either way, the setting will be applied. > > -- > Zilbandy Yes, I know what you're saying "should" be correct. It's just that sometimes, when things don't behave as they should, a little unchecking/checking and applying kicks things back into gear.
Guest Zilbandy Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Problem with hiding inactive icons On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:33:08 +0100, "Smirnoff" <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote: >Yes, I know what you're saying "should" be correct. >It's just that sometimes, when things don't behave as they should, a >little unchecking/checking and applying kicks things back into gear. Ahhh, one of life's little "Window's Moments". :) -- Zilbandy
Guest Smirnoff Posted September 17, 2007 Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Problem with hiding inactive icons "Zilbandy" <zilbandy@comcastREMOVETHIS.net> wrote in message news:4pcse3dedqiq03pd7cdc8v42jdcbt1vjbv@4ax.com... > On Mon, 17 Sep 2007 08:33:08 +0100, "Smirnoff" > <someone@nospam.invalid> wrote: > >>Yes, I know what you're saying "should" be correct. >>It's just that sometimes, when things don't behave as they should, a >>little unchecking/checking and applying kicks things back into gear. > > Ahhh, one of life's little "Window's Moments". :) > > -- > Zilbandy You've got it. Looking at the OP's problem, I can't see why the icons are not hiding. Thought a little brute force and ignorance may help.
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