I uninstalled Prevx 3.0 using add/remove programs and then used the Prevx 3.0 removal tool and it looks like the program was completley removed - at least as far as I can tell. The Prevx icon is no longer in the taskbar on startup. The only uninstall issue is that in Windows 7 Pro when I go to: Control Program > All Control Panel Items > Notification Area Icons there still exists the prevx.exe icon and the option is still given that I can choose to hide or show the icon and notification. How do I remove prevx.exe from this list of icons and notifications in the Notification Area Icons section of Windows 7, I am wondering? To me, it shouldn't still be in the list since I uninstalled the program. Thanks
I "think" Windows leaves the previous icons in there. I've seen this for some other random applications (Skype in my case) so I suspect that's the case in general. However, I suspect someone else may have more experience with this than me!
I was wondering if that was the case. We'll see if others will chime in. Thanks for the help/confirmation though.
You're right. It does. If you want to clear all your 'old' notification icons, do the following:- (i) Use CCleaner to wipe old notification icons and then run CCleaner (ii) Close CCleaner and open Task Manager. End explorer.exe process (iii) Task Bar will vanish. Don't panic. Hit Ctrl + Shift + Escape to open Task Manager. (iv) Click File > New Task (Run...) (v) Type explorer.exe and hit OK Voila! Job done. Apologies for the crayon scrawl. I ain't no Picasso
Thanks for that! I didn't know that CCleaner had that in place! Certainly saves quite a bit of guesswork
I believe this is a feature of the OS to remember the settings you've had in place before in case you uninstall/reinstall an application - we don't set anything in these areas directly so the OS must be adding them behind-the-scenes.