Today we are going to share a very small utility which can hide program icon from its window and Taskbar button. Why to use it? Actually lots of people like minimal look and as you can see Microsoft removed icons from Explorer toolbar to make it minimal, the same thing applies for Taskbar buttons.
As you can see in above screenshot, the program icon is not visible in window titlebar as well as in Taskbar button.
This utility works in Windows XP, Vista and 7. But in Vista and 7, it only hides titlebar icon, Taskbar button icon remains visible.
You can download the utility from following link:
Simply run the EXE file and enjoy the minimal look.
To get the icons back, open Task Manager (by right-clicking on Taskbar and select "Task Manager" or by pressing "Ctrl+Shift+Esc" keys together) and End Task of "TBarIconBlanker.exe".
You can add its shortcut to "Startup" folder in All Programs menu to start it automatically with Windows.
This utility has been developed by "skwire" @ Donationcoder. Thanks to St-Ang3R @ DA for sharing it...
This article was posted by VG in following section: Software, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP.
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Masroor
Hey Vishal i tried to get my icons back and tied your instruction but it doesn't work. y?
Bobby Phoenix
Cool. Thanks.
Bobby Phoenix
Restarting works. I was using it, and had to restart for another reason, and now they are back. Good to know.
Sami
NV came with similar functionality, and at last it can unload itself - wonder why, it weren't mentioned yet Mr Gupta.
Jonnybl@ze
Hi Vishal. Can you tell me how to remove the text instead of the icon?
Thanks
VG
^^ Here you go:
http://www.askvg.com/get-windows-7-iconized-icon-only-taskbar-feature-in-windows-xp-and-vista/
Jonnybl@ze
Hey Vishal, thanks for the quick reply. Unfortunately, I don't think I was clear enough with my question. Sorry. I've already read that tutorial and it worked great but I wanted to know if it's possible to do it with indivual program text panes. I want "sticky notes" to always be open but don't want to always be looking at the "sticky notes" text in the taskbar. Also, do you have any knowledge about what the absolute minimum that must be loaded for Windows 7 to function. Or do I pretty much have to do what you did in the vLite tutorial.
Thanks
mjgwapo880
Why is it Kaspersky Anti-virus 6.0 recognized it as a virus?
Is it a virus or real?
mjgwapo880
I also forgot
Uhmm... Bro Vishal how do I remove the text on the title bar I can only remove the one on the Taskbar
JUEL
I have laptop with win xp os and all of asuden my task bar icon was gone and i couldn't find way take it back pls can help me.