Tired of those system tray icons? Here is a way to get rid of the bunch. Follow these six simple steps.

Note: This edit deals with a fridgin’ REGISTRY EDITOR don’t mess with things you don’t know. Next thing you know, your ’start’ button will say ‘end.’ Play safe!

1. Open the run programs dialog box (either by hitting Win+R or finding the Run icon in the Windows Start Menu)
2. Type “regedit” to open the Windows Registry Editor
3. Find this section: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer
4. Create a new DWORD Value by right-clicking and selecting new DWORD or clicking Edit, then New, then DWORD
5. Name your DWORD Value NoTrayItemsDisplay
6. Set the value to 1

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