Hide specific tray icon but keep program service running?

Is there a registry hack (XP Pro) that will allow you to completely hide a program's tray icon but keep the program service running?

I know that XP offers a feature to "hide inactive icons".....but I don't want that arrow to display on the tray icon bar.

I'm looking for an alternative method.

Thanks.

 

i'm sure you can hide the icon, i'm not sure how though!

i haven't used windows for a few years, but i used to use a great program called "Tray Pilot Lite".

it adds a little arrow right at the end of the tray, when you click it all the icons are 'folded' away. re-clicking the arrow brings the icons back

the only problem is i can't find it anywhere! but, it must be somewhere on the internet. it might not be what you want though as it hides all the icons.

i had a quick look at some old screenshots here, you can see Tray Pilot Lite in these screenshots -

here it is at the very bottom right of the screen -
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=539054&postcount=1011

and this is how it looks when closed -
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=525570&postcount=1000



i saw this, but haven't read through it -
http://www.pctools.com/guides/registry/detail/983/

 

Hi

Tray Pilot can be found here:

http://www.freewareweb.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?download=1&ID=1635

Terry