Have you ever asked yourself to which software program a specific system tray icon belongs? While it is usually easy to tell by left- or right-clicking on the system tray icon it sometimes can be more difficulty. Inexperienced users might prefer an easier solution to identifying system tray applications. The system tray manager System Tray Cleaner is a system tray analyzer for the Windows operating system. It will automatically recognize visible system tray icons and offer the user to display information about them in the default web browser. The concentration on visible icons diminishes the value of the software program for Windows 7 users where most system tray icons are hidden by default.
A user wanting to lockup these icons would need to make them visible which can be easily done from the available customize link.
All visible system tray icons will be listed on the custom web page. Each in its own row with information that include the name, system path, description, company and its icon.
A click on an item will open a detailed overview of that application (if available) that contains actions at the top, descriptions and technical information at the bottom of the page. The actions listed at the top can be used to perform various task including terminating the process responsible for the system tray icon and uninstalling the application.
System Tray Cleaner is an easy to use system manager that can assist the user in identifying system tray icons. The majority of Windows users on the other hand might prefer the manual way of researching system tray applications due to a number of reasons including privacy concerns. Users who want to test the application can download it from the developer’s website. It is compatible with most versions of Microsoft Windows including Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Enjoyed the article?: Then sign-up for our free newsletter or RSS feed to kick off your day with the latest technology news and tips, or share the article with your friends and contacts on Facebook or Twitter.Related Articles:
Hide all System Tray IconsMinimize Windows To A Single System Tray Icon
Desktop Tray Launcher, Open Desktop Shortcuts From The Windows System Tray
Windows System Tray Software
Minimize Firefox 3 To The System Tray
Nice program Martin, but what i really looking for and cant find (on the internet) is a program who cleans up main (many) former tray icons. This is to say in the menu (under the start button) than i click with main right mouse on properties ( I do not know the name of the menu) than, i go to the taskbar menu than i click (below right side) on customize notifier menu (there i have about 45 old tray reports cluttering up this menu) and i cant delete one ore more of this old entries (and a few ones i want to keep because i still use them). Please Martin do you (or anybody else) know how i can can clean up the unwanted old entries?
Paulus,
Have a look here:
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/99008-notification-icons-reset.html
@paulus
I right-click Start Menu icon (Vista), then Properties/Notification Area tab. On this screen I have a checkbox, “Hide inactive icons”, which I have checked. Then I click “Customize” and I see a list with two separate, clearly labelled, sections in a blue font: “Current Items” and, underneath it, “Past Items”. There are like a million past items on my list, but they are not clutter because they are not mixed up with the current items and are all together on the lower list that I don’t even have to look at.
Also, my guess is that a deletable registry entry will contain the Past Items list, but I’m not motivated now to track it down.
I hope my observations can be of some help to you.
Bram and Barboarosa thanks for thinking with me but i have Windows xp pro. and no dice there with the vista solutions the both of you offert.