Thank you, one and all who helped me rid my system tray of unwanted icons. Also the help on Yahoo Messenger! Cliff P.S. Robert Mclellan, you are right! I was ready to pull the rest of my gray hair out. In fact I was about to use a ballbat on the computer to solve my problems once and for all! heheheh Regards, John Durham (list moderator) <http://modecideas.com/contact.html?sig> Freelists login at http://www.freelists.org/cgi-bin/lsg2.cgi List archives at http://www.freelists.org/archives/pchelpers PC-HELPERS list subscribe/unsub at http://modecideas.com/discuss.htm?sig Good advice is like good paint- it only works if applied.