I want Network icon in the system tray to disappear when not connected - how?
 

"BillW50" wrote in message ...
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SC Tom wrote:
"XP Guy" wrote in message
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I've got XP installed on a motherboard with 2 ethernet ports.

There is an icon in the system tray for each one. When either of
them (or both of them) is not connected to the network, their
respective icon is shown with a red X across it.

What I want is - to NOT see the icon corresponding to the
disconnected port.

I want it to completely disappear. To not be present in the system
tray.

So if both of them are not connected, then NO ethernet icon shows up
in the tray. If one of them is connected, then I will see it's icon
in the tray (without the red X).

There seem to be only two settings that govern the behavior of the
network tray-icon:

- Show icon in notification area when connected
- Notify me when this connection has limited or no connectivity

So you would think that simply enabling the first one, and NOT
enabling the second one would do what I want.

But no. I still see the icon with a red X when the cable is not
plugged in.

Why doesn't disabling the second setting result in making that icon
disappear?

How can I make the network icon disappear when it's not connected?

Don't know what resources you have available, but the icons are
contained in \system32\netshell.dll. If you have the ability to edit
a dll (with what, I don't know), you could erase the red x icon
within it. There's your solution; I just don't know how to accomplish
it :-)

You can use ResHacker to open %windir%\system32\netshell.dll and delete Icon Group 195 if you wanted to go through
this route. Backup the file first. ;-)

Resource Hacker
http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/

I found this one http://melander.dk/reseditor/ easier to work with, and a bit more versatile.

So, for grins and giggles, I decided to edit the two icons in group 195 to be just blank icons. (Had to save it as a
different dll, reboot into safe mode w/command prompt, rename them, reboot, etc., etc.) It came up fine, and when I
unplugged my network cable, the icon went to a blank icon (still there, just like a transparent placeholder), but the "a
network cable is unplugged" message popped up, even though I have Notify Me. . . unchecked in network properties. I'm
sure there's a Registry entry somewhere for that message, but I haven't looked for it. Maybe later- I have to go out for
while now.
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SC Tom