Re: Windows Sidebar Sys Tray Icon Changes To That Of Windows Defender(?)--Functionality Is Okay

Hi Susan,

See if rebuilding the icon cache helps.

How to rebuild the icon cache in Windows Vista - The Winhelponline Blog:
http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ho...windows-vista/


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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"Susan" <> wrote in message
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> Vista Ultimate SP1+... On a couple occasions after turning Windows
> Sidebar off and later back on I've noticed its sys tray icon has
> changed to the same icon Windows Defender uses. After a warm boot
> Sidebar seems to sort itself out. Any rhyme or reason for this?
>
> ~<Susan>~
>
> Don't worry about the world coming to an end today.
> It's already tomorrow in Australia. - Charles Schultz

How to Clear Past Items from the Notification Area in Windows Vista:
http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"Susan" <> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:28:57 +0530, "Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP"
> <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote:
>
>>Hi Susan,
>>
>>See if rebuilding the icon cache helps.
>>
>>How to rebuild the icon cache in Windows Vista - The Winhelponline Blog:
>>http://www.winhelponline.com/blog/ho...windows-vista/
>
> Thanks... It is no longer necessary to horse-around with this problem
> since I am using Kaspersky entirely and have Defender and Windows
> Firewall turned off. The only problem remaining with the System Tray
> are old notifications from programs long removed that show because
> their respective developers didn't care to write decent uninstall
> programs.

You're welcome!

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows Shell/User]
The Winhelponline Blog http://www.winhelponline.com/blog


"Susan" <> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 4 Mar 2009 12:14:12 +0530, "Ramesh Srinivasan, MS-MVP"
> <ramesh@unknownhost> wrote:
>
>>How to Clear Past Items from the Notification Area in Windows Vista:
>>http://www.winhelponline.com/article...ows-Vista.html
>
> Wow! I took the manual approach and fixed _all_ the old notifications
> in a couple minutes. Amazing. Thank you.