How to Clear Past Items from the Notification Area

K, another question, sorry, lol. I really do appreciate everyones help very much!
:-o

Can I use these directions from XP, in Windows 7 as well?...


How to Clear Past Items from the Notification Area:

1. Click on "Start".
2. Click on "Run".
3. Type; regedit.
4. Delete the IconStreams and PastIconsStream values from the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify
5. Open Task Manager, click the Processes tab, click Explorer.exe, and then click End Process.
6. In Task Manager, click File, click New Task, type explorer, and then click OK.

Thank you.

 

I very much doubt those keys will be the same, Win7 is a differen ballgame.


I believe Ccleaner has an option for clearing that in the "advanced options".


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Hello once again Oooops!

From what I am understanding, you want to find out how to clear history tracks of "Past Items" in the "Notifcation Area"

On the bottom of your desktop should be your taskbar. Right click your taskbar and click "Properties". From there, go to "Start Menu". In that section, look in the mini-section called "Privacy". There, you can choose to UNCHECK either one so that Windows 7 does not show recently opened programs, items or both.

Hope that helps. If not, then I misunderstood your question.

 

Is this what you mean?

"Tray Notifications Cache"






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~Q~ and Oscuro, I should've gave more detailed information on what I was trying to refer to, my apologies. But I did end up learning more about available options with your ideas!

Halo you figured me out! This is exactly what I was looking for.
Thank you! I will try this. I like to keep things clutter free.