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Remove the Microsoft Security Essentials icon

Fresh3 days ago
Mar 15, 20269361 views
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I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows 7 for sometime now and so far I don't have a bad word to say about it. I would like to permanently remove the MSE icon from the task bar and pop-up box, though I would still like to be informed when it detects a threat, etc.

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Fix for: Remove the Microsoft Security Essentials icon

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Check out PS Tray Factory (free for 30 days) This will allow you to permanently hide the icon for MSE and it works under Windows 7 (I use it myself). It is clever enough to know when an icon is simply changing, so you do not have to tell it to hide …

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