Hiding Windows Defender from the System Tray

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Yodaj007

I've searched the newsgroups for how to do this, but it doesn't seem like the
solutions presented apply to my version of Windows Defender.

Windows Defender Version: 1.1.1592.0
Windows XP Pro, SP2

Unfortunately, it doesn't look like WD will let me take screenshots. I
double click the WD icon on the system tray. In the WD window, I click
Tools, then Options. There doesn't appear to be an option here for hiding it
from the system tray, however. The process of getting here seems to be
different than what others have described on the newsgroups, too.

Is this an older version of WD that doesn't support hiding from the System
Tray? Is there a registry key I can edit to hide it?

Thanks,
Yodaj007
 
Mine is on XP SP3 WD version is 1.1.1593.0 if you go to Tools>Options and
scroll down "real-time protection options" and towards the bottom of this
area is "choose when Defender icon appears" and you can adjust from there.
 
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