Hi Brian, Thank you very much for the extremely well detailed explanation of the system tray and the time and effort you took to put it together. I do have the program off the jaws users programs page called Start Up Manager so I don't have to go into msconfig. My question is where can I go to enter in a line, an example is below
INDOWS\system32\ctfmon.exe [REG] User - Run to find out what this is and if it needs to run on start up? I have many things running upon start up and just don't know which ones to disable. Again, thank you very much for your help. I am sure that many people will learn a great deal from your explanation. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brian Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 4:38 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How do I get a program back into the system tray? Hello Mike, The system tray is an area of the Windows desktop just to the left of the clock. It is also known as the "notification area." The icons in the system tray represent processes that start running when Windows starts. The Windows clock is in the very bottom right corner of the desktop. The system tray is just to the left of the clock. The part of the task bar where minimized applications are shown is just to the left of the system tray. The start button is in the bottom left corner of the desktop. You are moving from right to left along the bottom of the desktop when moving from clock to system tray and then to the area of the task bar where minimized applications reside. It is easy to remember the hotkey combinations that apply to these three areas of the desktop if you think of moving from right to left. The insert key is the JAWS key and the three keys for accessing those three areas of the desktop move from right to left as well. In other words, the insert key with function key 12 speaks to time, the insert key with function key 11 lists all the items in the system tray, and the insert key with function key 10 lists all of the minimized applications. There are a few different ways to control whether or not a process runs when Windows starts. One way is to use the Windows configuration utility. Press the Windows key with the letter "R" to bring up the run dialog box and then type in msconfig (m s c o n f I g) without any spaces and press the enter key. When the configuration utility has loaded press the shift-tab key combination to move to the page tabs. If you are using Windows XP then press the end key to move to the startup tab. If you're using Windows Vista then after using the end key use the left arrow key one time to move to the startup page. Press the tab key one time to move into a list of processes that can be started with Windows. Use the up and down arrow keys to move from process to process and use the spacebar to check or uncheck the items. If an item is checked it will start when Windows loads. If an item is not checked then it should not start when Windows is loaded. After making sure that only the processes you want to start when Windows starts are checked then use the tab key to move to the apply button and press the spacebar. Use the tab key to move to the close button and press the spacebar. You will then be presented with a dialog box asking if you want to restart Windows or wait until later. Some processes should not be unchecked as it is necessary for them to start with Windows, such as the antivirus auto-protect process and processes required by some components or hardware. Such items as Quick Time or Real Audio generally do not have to be checked. A person can also delete entries from the run sections of the local machine and the current user hives of the Windows registry. However, it is good to remember that making wrong choices in the Windows registry can adversely affect the way the computer operates. It is a good practice to back up the Windows registry before making any changes. It is also important to remember that when you make a change in the Windows registry you do not get a chance to choose whether or not you want to save the change. After making the changes in the registry and closing it, the changes are effective the next time you start Windows. It is really advisable for you to use either the configuration utility or the options within programs to have processes start with Windows. If you choose to use the Windows registry then you can get into it by using the run dialog box in the start menu. Use Windows key with R to bring up the run dialog box. Type in regedit (r e g e d I t) without the spaces and press the enter key. The registry is set up in a tree and list views layout. You move to the area of the registry by opening levels until you get to the item you want to work with, at which time you can press the tab key to move into a list of values. The top level in the structure is "My computer", which can be opened with the right arrow key. Use the down arrow key to move to the HKEY_current user choice and use the right arrow key to open that level. Press the letter "S" to move to the "software" choice and use the right arrow to open it. Press the letter "M" to move to the "Microsoft" choice and use the right arrow key to open it. Press the letter "W" to move to the "Windows" choice and use the right arrow key to open it. Press the letter "C" to move to the "current version" choice and then use right arrow to open it. Press the letter "R" until you hear the word "run" and then use the tab key to move into a list of processes that start with Windows. You can delete the values by using the delete key and confirming that you want to delete the item. Again, do not delete anything that you are not sure about needing. It is a much better practice to check or uncheck items in the configuration utility. After working with the values you can press the Shift-tab key combination to move back to the "run" choice. Use the down arrow key to find if there are any more choices that start with the word "run" such as "run once", "run once x" etc. Use the tab key to move into the list of values for any of the "run" choices. You can then follow the same path under the HKEY_Local Machine hive of the registry. It is found under "my computer" on the same level as the "HKEY_Current User" choice. In this hive you again moved to the software choice and open it, move to the "Microsoft" choice and open it, move to the "windows" choice and open it, move to the "current version" choice and open it, and then look for any entries that start with the word "run" on that level. Again, use the tab key to move into the list of values. When you are finished working in the run areas of the registry you can close the registry with the Alt-F4 keystroke. Quite often a specific program will have a choice in options or preferences for having the program start with Windows. The icons located on the desktop generally are not the actual executable files that start programs. They are just shortcuts that point to program executables in their properties. Generally speaking, icons on the desktop start specific applications, whereas icons in the system tray represent running processes that start with the Windows operating system. Again, I suggest that you stay away from working in the registry if you are fairly new to using Windows. It is much easier to check or uncheck an item in the configuration utility. Making a choice in a specific program to have the program or process load with Windows by choosing a preference or option from within the given program is probably safer still. If you're not sure whether or not a process needs to run when Windows starts, there are websites where you can check the necessity of these items to start with Windows. Please let me know if I can further clarify any of the above points. Take care. Brian Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 5:44 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How do I get a program back into the system tray? > Hi Flor, > > This computer belongs to a friend and the question was asked to me by this > friend so I am not sure of all the particulars of what program and exactly > what happened at the time. Since that last post my friend has learned > that > he has got serious computer problems and needs a technician to look at it. > This has gotten my curiosity going and I want to learn more about the > system > tray and how it works and its functions. Thanks for the reply. > > Mike > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Flor Lynch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:07 PM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] How do I get a program back into the system > tray? > > > Hi Mike, > > What program? You must have taken some action with that program to ask it > not to show itself in your System Tray. You will probably find an option > somewhere in its preferences to put itself back there. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike & Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "jaws-users-list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 3:59 PM > Subject: [JAWS-Users] How do I get a program back into the system tray? > > > Hi All, > > I have lost a program out of the system tray and it does not come back > after > re-booting the computer. How do I get this program back into the system > tray or if I want to move a program from, let's say, the desk top to the > system tray how would this be accomplished? > All advice will be greatly appreciated and will also take me deeper into > the > bowels of depression brought on by frustration due to trying to learn how > to > operate this life altering/educational/informitive device called a > computer. > Hot damn! How is that for self analysis Doctor Phil? 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