I have written about Past Icons in Windows before and described a manual way on how to remove those icons from your system. Every icon that appears in the system tray is cached by Windows and will remain in that cache even if you uninstall the application completely from your computer. You can take a [...]
Remove Custom Notifications information in Windows
Not many Windows users now what the Custom Notifications are or where one could take a look at the elements hidden there. Microsoft describes Custom Notifications as the way in Windows to display active and urgent notifications. These icons show if you have new mail for instance.
How to remove past icons from the taskbar
You have uninstalled the program completly and are sure that no reference is left on your computer. What if there is still one left that you probably did not know about ? Every item that appears on the left side of the clock in the taskbar will be cached by windows which means that the icon of the program is still available on your system. Check this out by yourself by right-clicking the taskbar. Select properties from the menu and click on the customize button at the bottom of that screen. If customize is not active activated it by enabling Hide Inactive Icons.
