How do I get CCleaner to show in the System Tray?

Jesse Newell · Jul 4, 2015

I'm on Windows 8.1, the Minimize to System Tray option is checked, and yet when I click Customize to get into the Notification Area Icons control panel, I can't find CCleaner.

Jesse Newell · Jul 4, 2015

Rebuilt the icon cache, restarted, opened CCleaner to make sure Minimize to System Tray was still checked, closed CCleaner, and this time it worked, but my Notification Area is ****ed up.

DavidGP · Jul 11, 2015

Hi

If you are using the modified Start Menu you mentioned in your post HERE then possible that this has affected your system tray, but you can reset the system tray by deleting all settings and reset to nothing then they will re-populate over time again.

The below will reset...

Open Regedit ( goto Start > type regedit in the Start Search box and hit enter )
Locate the registry key location HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify and right click the folder and choose Export ( this will backup that location for you ) then Delete the two values but right clicking and choose delete both IconStreams and PastIconsStream once deleted hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and look for explorer.exe in the Processes Tab and click it, then choose End Process (at this point it is perfectly normal for your taskbar and all desktop icons to disapear) then with the Task Manager still open click the top menu option of New Task (Run...) and in the Open box type explorer and hit enter. Then when you check the Customize Notifications they will all be gone ( apart from some running ones ) best bet is to restore all your actual running tray processes is to re-boot
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Not worth if you dont know the effects on a operating system to mess with GUI hacks and other tweaks, you seem to have many issues with your Windows version even my 75yr old mum doesn't have, reading your past weeks posts.

Ewen · Jul 11, 2015

Find CCleaner in your Programs listing (Start menu) 'Right' click on its icon and select "Pin to Task Bar". Done. This might not be what you are after but its effective.

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How do I get CCleaner to show in the System Tray?

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