notification area

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should my notification area show an expand & collapse arrow next to it?
If so why doesn't it?

 

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Never has been an option to expand or collapse the notification area. I guess this depends on what you are calling the notification area. This is the area of the system tray immediately to the left of the clock found in the lower right (usually) of your screen. You can hide inactive icons if you like. If you right click on the taskbar then click properties you will see the two options down the bottom under notification area to "show the clock" and " hide inactive icons" . If this isn't what you want please post back with a more detailed description of what you would like to do. {:~)
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Yes. You may see two chevrons <<.
If you have this option enabled.
Right click the Taskbar | Properties |
Taskbar tab | ? Hide inactive icons
[[Keeps the taskbar notification area from displaying unused icons.]]

Also...
Right click the Taskbar | Properties |
Taskbar tab | Customize button |
You can change any of the icons to:
Hide when inactive
Always hide
Always show

From XP HELP:
Taskbar notification area overview
[[The notification area of the taskbar is where you usually see the current
time displayed. This area can become crowded with notification icons that
appear when certain events occur, such as when you receive e-mail or when
you open Task Manager. Windows displays a notification icon when an event
occurs. After a short time, Windows puts the icon in the background to
simplify that area. You can access the icons that have been placed in the
background by clicking a button in the notification area.

In addition, you can customize the behavior of notification icons on the
Taskbar tab of the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box.]]

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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes

In news:5C68F07F-A09F-466C-A367-945632012CF1@microsoft.com,
drewfus <drewfus@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> should my notification area show an expand & collapse arrow next to
> it? If so why doesn't it?