How to hide SysTray icon for inactive network connections?

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On my notebook there are two possible network connections:
One over "normal" cable LAN and another one over WLAN.

How can I (permanently) hide all SysTray icons for those connections which are
currently in-active ?

Just now for example the WLAN is not enabled but the icon is still visible
(with a little red cross in the corner).
If I hover of it I am told "... not connected..."

How can I get rid of it until I activate WLAN ?

Ken
 
Hi Ken,

Control Panel, Network Connections, right click Properties and uncheck Show
icon in notification area.

All the best,
SG
 
Hi Ken,

Double-click the icon, select the "General" tab, then "Properties". You'll
see the options at the bottom.

HTH Tony.
 
Ken Philips said:
On my notebook there are two possible network connections:
One over "normal" cable LAN and another one over WLAN.

How can I (permanently) hide all SysTray icons for those connections which
are
currently in-active ?

Just now for example the WLAN is not enabled but the icon is still visible
(with a little red cross in the corner).
If I hover of it I am told "... not connected..."

How can I get rid of it until I activate WLAN ?

Ken
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AFAIK with XP you can't hide the inactive icon (ie. the one with the red X)
without disabling that interface. You would then need to reenable the
interface in order to use it.

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Ken Philips said:
On my notebook there are two possible network connections:
One over "normal" cable LAN and another one over WLAN.

How can I (permanently) hide all SysTray icons for those connections which are
currently in-active ?

Just now for example the WLAN is not enabled but the icon is still visible
(with a little red cross in the corner).
If I hover of it I am told "... not connected..."

How can I get rid of it until I activate WLAN ?

Ken
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I don't know of a way to "hide" it, but if you go into the device manager and "disable" it, it will
no longer show.
Of course, you have to go into device manager and "enable" it to get it to work again when you want
to use it.
 
1. Click Start, click Run, type ncpa.cpl, and then click OK.
2. Double-click the connection which you want to disable from showing up on
the system tray, and then click Properties.
3. On the General tab, click to clear the Notify me when this connection has
limited or no connectivity check box, click OK, and then click Close.

this should work...

regards
Vinod Chandramouli
 
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