How to remove "Public" icon from Vista toolbar?

Any way to remove the "Public" icon from my Vista toolbar?

Right-clicking on that icon does not offer any choice to delete it, or
even hide it for that matter.

Clicking on a blank area of the toolbar offers no option for removing
that "Public" icon.

Darn icon just "popped up" in the toolbar one day, now I can't get rid
of it - - - No big deal, it is just that I prefer to install my own
icons in the toolbar, instead of having the damn OS jam those icons down
my throat, with no way of removing them. grrr


I assume I am calling the toolbar by its correct name, it is that area
in the extreme lower-right corner of my screen.

Mark-

The lower right portion of the taskbar is called the Notification Area.

I'm not sure what a "public" icon is, unless it's the network icon?
If you right-click on it, does it show anything?

To change what shows in the Notification Area, right-click on the taskbar,
select Properties, click on the tab for Notification Area.




"Mark Conrad" <> wrote in message
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>
> Any way to remove the "Public" icon from my Vista toolbar?
>
> Right-clicking on that icon does not offer any choice to delete it, or
> even hide it for that matter.
>
> Clicking on a blank area of the toolbar offers no option for removing
> that "Public" icon.
>
> Darn icon just "popped up" in the toolbar one day, now I can't get rid
> of it - - - No big deal, it is just that I prefer to install my own
> icons in the toolbar, instead of having the damn OS jam those icons down
> my throat, with no way of removing them. grrr
>
>
> I assume I am calling the toolbar by its correct name, it is that area
> in the extreme lower-right corner of my screen.
>
> Mark-

Mark Conrad;458841 Wrote:
> Any way to remove the "Public" icon from my Vista toolbar?
>
> Right-clicking on that icon does not offer any choice to delete it, or
> even hide it for that matter.
>
> Clicking on a blank area of the toolbar offers no option for removing
> that "Public" icon.
>
> Darn icon just "popped up" in the toolbar one day, now I can't get rid
> of it - - - No big deal, it is just that I prefer to install my own
> icons in the toolbar, instead of having the damn OS jam those icons
> down
> my throat, with no way of removing them. grrr
>
>
> I assume I am calling the toolbar by its correct name, it is that area
> in the extreme lower-right corner of my screen.
>
> Mark-

Hi Mark,

In addition to what Dave suggested, click Hide for the Public icon.
This tutorial will show you how.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76...customize.html

Shawn


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In article <Osl6RPG$>,
"Dave" <> wrote:

> The lower right portion of the taskbar is called the Notification Area.

Thanks, I am new to Windows, do not know the correct terms yet.



> I'm not sure what a "public" icon is, unless it's the network icon?
> If you right-click on it, does it show anything?

It says "Desktop" just to the left of the icon, "Public" jist to the
right of the icon.

When I click on it, it displays a window with about six folders, "Public
Pictures", "Public Documents", etc.



> To change what shows in the Notification Area, right-click on the taskbar,
> select Properties, click on the tab for Notification Area.

Thanks, that did the job, darn icon was not listed in the Notification
Area, but I found it listed in the Toolbar tab.

That removed it, as I desired, thanks again.



Now I gotta figure out why it suddenly popped up in the first place.

Probably Vista's way of trying to help me.<g>

Mark-

Mark Conrad;459260 Wrote:
> In article <Osl6RPG$HHA.4612@xxxxxx>,
> "Dave" <dave@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> Thanks, I am new to Windows, do not know the correct terms yet.
>
>
>
>
> It says "Desktop" just to the left of the icon, "Public" jist to the
> right of the icon.
>
> When I click on it, it displays a window with about six folders,
> "Public
> Pictures", "Public Documents", etc.
>
>
>
>
> Thanks, that did the job, darn icon was not listed in the Notification
> Area, but I found it listed in the Toolbar tab.
>
> That removed it, as I desired, thanks again.
>
>
>
> Now I gotta figure out why it suddenly popped up in the first place.
>
> Probably Vista's way of trying to help me.<g>
>
> Mark-


Glad to hear it Mark. Thank you for the feedback.

Shawn


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