[SOLVED] How to get rid of this Icon from Taskbar ?

ceo54 · Jan 25, 2023

Hello,

I do I get rid of this USB icon from Taskbar and only activate it when a USB device/external storage is connected ?

Is there a registry setting to get rid of this panel and Icon from Taskbar ?

Ant help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

xrobwx71 · Jan 25, 2023

Have you tried any of these methods?

Redirecting

I would stay away from the Appuals link unless you are experienced in editing the registry.

See my signature for a backup solution if you don't have one already.

ceo54 · Jan 25, 2023

xrobwx71 said:
Have you tried any of these methods?

Redirecting

I would stay away from the Appuals link unless you are experienced in editing the registry.

See my signature for a backup solution if you don't have one already.

Hello

Thank you for the response but I DO want the Icon to show when a USB or external storage device is connected to the PC and stay hidden when no devices are connected. This doesn't happen on the stock MSDN image so there must be a setting somewhere, registry is always preferable.

This is not actually a USB icon specifically but icon for device and printers that also shows external storage/USB device in the list. I just want it show external storage and USB devices and stay hidden for the rest of the devices. Is that possible somehow ?

xrobwx71 · Jan 26, 2023

I have done some research and have not found a way to make the icon only show when a device is connected. I'll keep looking.

ceo54 · Jan 26, 2023

xrobwx71 said:
I have done some research and have not found a way to make the icon only show when a device is connected. I'll keep looking.

Many thanks Admin, your help is highly appreciated. I hope you find it.

Corday · Jan 26, 2023

Does the panel stay visible or only the icon?

xrobwx71 · Jan 26, 2023

Use this to explore all aspects of USB drives/peripherals connected to your PC.

View any installed/connected USB device on your system

There are a ton of settings that might help you.

Did you make any changes in your BIOS regarding external drives, or AHCI? As it was a long time ago and I can't remember what I changed but I made some changes in my BIOS that made my PC exhibit similar behavior.

DR M · Jan 27, 2023

Is your printer connected on the computer via USB?

I have the impression that you have a very old version of Windows 10. Type winver in the Search area and press Enter. Take a screenshot of what you see.

ceo54 · Jan 27, 2023

Corday said:
Does the panel stay visible or only the icon?

The Icon. But this behavior is not default to Windows. I'm using modified Windows, so I assume the scripts I used for modifications did something to the settings. So there must be a setting for it.

ceo54 · Jan 27, 2023

xrobwx71 said:
Use this to explore all aspects of USB drives/peripherals connected to your PC.

View any installed/connected USB device on your system

There are a ton of settings that might help you.

Did you make any changes in your BIOS regarding external drives, or AHCI? As it was a long time ago and I can't remember what I changed but I made some changes in my BIOS that made my PC exhibit similar behavior.

Thanks Admin. No, I didn't make any changes to my BIOS. And thank you for the utility, pretty handy stuff. I din't know it existed. Thank you for braining this to my attention.

ceo54 · Jan 27, 2023

DR M said:
Is your printer connected on the computer via USB?

I have the impression that you have a very old version of Windows 10. Type winver in the Search area and press Enter. Take a screenshot of what you see.

NO printers. I have Windows 10 Pro 20H2 19042.631.

Corday · Jan 27, 2023

As Dr. M suspected, your Windows Version is way out of date. Your version ceased to be serviced May 10, 2022 unless it's an Enterprise, Education, or IoT Enterprise product. If so, try Windows Update. If not re-install Windows Create installation media for Windows - Microsoft Support

ceo54 · Jan 28, 2023

Corday said:
As Dr. M suspected, your Windows Version is way out of date. Your version ceased to be serviced May 10, 2022 unless it's an Enterprise, Education, or IoT Enterprise product. If so, try Windows Update. If not re-install Windows Create installation media for Windows - Microsoft Support

Thank you for the response Corday. The same behaviour occurs on 2019 LTSC updated with latest security patch. Out of curiosity, I installed 2019 LTSC without any updates, build 17763.316 and I don't see this behavior on it. I still suspect there's a setting for it somewhere.

Thanks again for taking interest in my issue, your help is highly appreciated.

Corday · Jan 28, 2023

Years ago Microsoft began discouraging end users from writing scripts vis a vis the OS and instead use Group Policy for the chore involved. It might not be possible to overcome all the gliches, but hopefully someone has a better idea than yours truly as I've never authored a script, but have used 3rd party ones.

DR M · Jan 28, 2023

What I would try is an in-place upgrade. This will reinstall and update the operating system and fix any corruptions, without removing any file or program.

Go to this Microsoft page and under the title Create Windows 10 installation media press on Download tool now.
Save the tool on your Desktop and double click to run it.
On the License terms page, if you accept the license terms, select Accept.
On the What do you want to do page, select Upgrade this PC now, and then select Next.
Follow the instructions and select Keep personal files and apps, when you are asked to.
It might take a couple of hours, depending on your wifi speed connection, to install Windows 10. Your PC will restart a few times. Make sure you don’t turn off your PC.
After downloading and installing, the tool will walk you through how to set up Windows 10 on your PC.

Let us know if the upgrade completed successfully.

ceo54 · Jan 29, 2023

DR M said:
What I would try is an in-place upgrade. This will reinstall and update the operating system and fix any corruptions, without removing any file or program.

Go to this Microsoft page and under the title Create Windows 10 installation media press on Download tool now.

Save the tool on your Desktop and double click to run it.

On the License terms page, if you accept the license terms, select Accept.

On the What do you want to do page, select Upgrade this PC now, and then select Next.

Follow the instructions and select Keep personal files and apps, when you are asked to.

It might take a couple of hours, depending on your wifi speed connection, to install Windows 10. Your PC will restart a few times. Make sure you don’t turn off your PC.

After downloading and installing, the tool will walk you through how to set up Windows 10 on your PC.

Let us know if the upgrade completed successfully.

This worked. Thanks for the help DR M.

DR M · Jan 29, 2023

You are welcome. Glad it worked! Now you have a fully upgraded and fixed system.

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