>When right clicking on the task bar it brings up a menu on this menu
>is the item Customize notifications clicking on this item brings up
>the place to Hide ETC It has two areas Present and past. How does one
>get rid of the past programs that are no longer installed on the
>computer from this menu.
See "How to Clear Past Items from the Notification Area"
(http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q283084).
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