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Is there a way to disable the tray icon for Microsoft Security Essentials?

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Mar 15, 20265553 views
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Problem

It's running in the background, and seems to be working fine, but is there a way to disable its system tray icon so I don't have to see it down there unless it's detecting something going awry?

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Fix for: Is there a way to disable the tray icon for Microsoft Security Essentials?

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Right click on empty part of systray choose "Customize Notifications" Change the behavior of Current Item (Computer Status Protected) to "Always Hide" This will hide the tray icon permanently.

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