Removing ordinary "power meter" icon from taskbar

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wedge · #1 Post by **wedge** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:34 pm

Hi,

Finally got my T42 and it is awesome, I'm so glad I didn't go with the Sony that I first planned.. But I'm sure we all know how good our ThinkPads are.

The question is: Is it possible to remove the normal power meter icon from the taskbar ? I mean that small battery icon that shows the current charge capacity in blue. It is pretty useless since I have installed the battery maximiser and it gives me all the info I need to know, so it just takes space there in the taskbar. Thank you for any answers..

Humpa · #2 Post by **Humpa** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:55 pm

Control Panel > Power Options > Advanced .. and you will see the option box for the windows power icon

bapatterson · #3 Post by **bapatterson** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 7:55 pm

Go into Control Panel|Power Options|Advanced and unclick Always show icon on the taskbar.

I did the opposite. I removed the more space-consuming IBM power meter from the taskbar and use just the Windows XP meter. But that's me.

wedge · #4 Post by **wedge** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:03 pm

Thank you for quick replies but unfortunately this was not exactly what I ment, when you unselect the "show battery icon always" it is removed when one is in AC-mode, but it appears in the battery mode.. There should be some possiblity to remove it since it disappears when AC is plugged in, maybe some registry tinkering is needed...

sugo · #5 Post by **sugo** » Sat Sep 25, 2004 8:26 pm

I have "Hide inactive icons" enabled. I made the battery icon "Always Hide". It worked well here.

wedge · #6 Post by **wedge** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 5:04 pm

sugo: how do you make an icon "always hide" ?

monty cantsin · #7 Post by **monty cantsin** » Sun Sep 26, 2004 5:41 pm

wedge wrote:sugo: how do you make an icon "always hide" ?

http://www.windows-help.net/WindowsXP/tune-03.html

Removing ordinary "power meter" icon from taskbar

Removing ordinary "power meter" icon from taskbar

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