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CyberDoc999 reviewed v4.0.0.139 Beta on Aug 2, 2009

SysTrayX does what it says.... now if they would lower the price..... I would pay $15 or $20 and that even seems too high... they also have activation which keeps you from using it on both your desktop and your laptop.....

emanresU deriseD reviewed v4.0.0.139 Beta on Jul 22, 2009

Windows doesn't already do all this. Try reading, or have someone help you.

FreeSpeech reviewed v4.0.0.139 Beta on Jul 22, 2009

Would somene really pay $27 for something that windows can aleady do? Yeah I know that you can't do this on 2k, ME, or 95.

LOL

kindbud1 reviewed v4.00.135 Beta on Jan 20, 2009

27 bucks?! LOL.

Ryusennin reviewed v4.00.132 Beta on Aug 20, 2008

It's very useful for 2K, but not so much for XP. And the price is quite steep for what the program does.

gate1975mlm reviewed v4.00.132 Beta on Aug 19, 2008

Cool!

Its would seem SysTrayX now works on Windows Vista!

I have been waiting for Vista support!

I will be testing this out for sure.

Since its beta I hope there are not too many bugs in it.

The thing I really like about SysTrayX is if Windows Explore crashes SysTrayX will bring all your icons back in the system tray next to the clock!

comeoffit reviewed v3.80.115 on Sep 15, 2006

Tray Wizard is no substitute. There is no hotkey to show the menu (you have to use the Tray Wizard tray icon to access any other tray icons you've hidden). The Tray Wizard menu doesn't show the tray icons' tooltip (which I find to be a handy feature of SysTrayX). Tray Wizard can't sort tray icons. And the Tray Wizard menu is cluttered with a slew of other nonsense menu items to access its settings, and totally unnecessary Windows power events (shut down, etc.). The power events icons can be hidden, but the others cannot.

Nice try...

CoMa reviewed v3.80.115 on Aug 3, 2006

You can get Tray Wizard 4.03 from here
http://www.gratilog.net/francais/systeme/tw403.exe

biggman15 reviewed v3.70.110 on Sep 2, 2005

I wanted to Try this So called Tray Wizard... But it doesn't seem to Exist anymore...

anomoly reviewed v3.70.110 on Jul 28, 2005

get tray wizard, it's free.
http://www.soft32.com/download_9159.html

httpd.confused reviewed v3.70.107 Beta on Jun 27, 2005

OK, I'll explain it again. Try to keep up this time.

SysTrayX does overlap Windows XP's shell functionality. BUT, what it does differently is:

* Present hidden tray icons in a menu, rather than in the tray;

* Offer a hotkey, rather than just a mouse click, to reveal the hidden icons;

* Let you decide what icons get hidden, and when, rather than waiting for Windows to decide for you;

* Let you TOTALLY hide specified icons (from the tray AND the SysTrayX menu) -- Windows does not do this;

* Show tray icon tooltip text right in the menu, rather than requiring a mouse-over.

Now, tell me again that SysTrayX does nothing differently than Explorer.

I have no problem with the argument that $27 is too much for this utility. I agree, it is. And I rate it a 3, now, because development on it has ground to a halt, more and more application icons seem to give it problems, and that idiotic splash screen is still there, even for registered users (but a Google search and a resource editor takes care of that).

I don't use SysTrayX anymore, and I only started using it at all because it came out before Windows XP did.

Primis reviewed v3.70.107 Beta on Jun 21, 2005

"SysTrayX helps you hide some of the less used icons from the system tray"

You mean like how Windows XP already has as built-in functionality and has had since the start? You're kidding right? Despite what everyone says, this really doesn't do anything the built-in one on XP doesn't already do. And the addition of a "SysTrayX menu" makes no sense, when on XP you can just click an arrow and get to the exact same items. We're talking abotu adding steps and clicks here rather than streamlining. I don't get it.

Don't waste your money or time on this people. Upgrade to WinXP if you want this feature. You can spend $27 on just this, or $99 and get a newer, full-fledged OS upgrade with the same functionality. The choice is stupidly-obvious. As to the "old hardware" contention... if your hardware is really that old how can you justify wasting $27 on shareware then? Save your money and get the hardware upgrade.

If it were totally freeware maybe I could see it appealing to very, very niche of extremely critical and picky people, but shareware? $27? Ugh... we're getting desperate aren't we?...

anomoly reviewed v3.70.107 Beta on Jun 21, 2005

Tray Wizard v4.02-FREE
http://hw-driver.nctu.edu.tw/pub/slime/tools/tw403.exe
I don't know why it says 403. It will minimize most all aps to tray (noticed it didn't like foobar) and with it's one icon will hide any & all other tray icons & still give access to them. I use it for thunderbird & all the icons I don't use often

disobay reviewed v3.70.107 Beta on Jun 21, 2005

Simply the best way to control the Systray in ways that the internal function of XP just can't do.

The second thing I put on after a fresh XP install. The first thing being Total Commander ;-)

NyaR reviewed v3.70.107 Beta on Jun 21, 2005

perfect for ret***s that install weatherbug

httpd.confused reviewed v3.60.102 Beta on Aug 24, 2004

This is not a "useless program".

First, the cursing isn't necessary.

Second, not everyone can AFFORD hardware upgrades.

Third, putting the task bar on the side is a terrible idea; it cuts right down on the width that task bar buttons can be without seriously cutting into other screen space, and it makes the Start menu a pain to use because of the jump from the Start button to the "All programs" submenu.

Fourth, I like to have all the system tray icons enabled--it makes it easier to close the applications down when needed. And though Windows XP has a tray-hiding feature built into Explorer, I hate the way it works.

I take away one point because of the stupid, mandatory splash screen.

rakhan66 reviewed v3.60.102 Beta on Aug 12, 2004

Useless program.

Unless you just happen to either have a small-resolution screen (your own damn fault, you cheap bas****, spend a little on graphics), or you run a million programs on the systray.

Of course, there are several ways around this.

First, put the taskbar on the side; it makes life so much easier on navigation and space issues. You triple the space of your QuickLaunch bar, and all the tasbar buttons are vertically stored, taking up a little less than half the space a horizontal arrangement affords.

Second, try turning off some systray icons. Yes, some programs actually let you choose (though not all, an unfortunate oversight of many a programmer) where the link to the program will be; on the taskbar, or the systray. Keep in mind that extraneous bulls*** icons like Winamp Agent and QuickTime Tray that do little more than suck up resources for the lazy and uncreative are blights on the systray. Keep pnly what you need and can't remove; everything else; just try reorganizing your Start Menu by categories; it worked for me damn well.

Carlospr reviewed v3.52.095 Beta on Apr 12, 2004

I agree with scodan. This program does tray job much better than Windows XP. It sorts and make tray organized, getting rid of some ended program's icon. A bit expensive though...

scodan reviewed v3.52.095 Beta on Oct 17, 2003

You guys really should have a clue what SysTrayX does before "reviewing" it. Maybe even--GOSH, what a thought--install it and try it. There is no other utility that does exactly what SysTrayX does, including Tray Wizard. And WinXP does NOT "do the same thing", either. SysTrayX lets you hide tray icons completely, or consolidate them into a separate menu (controllable by the single SysTrayX tray icon, or via hotkey). The consolidated menu isn't the same as WinXP's... it shows the tooltip for the respective tray icons, which can be very handy. Also, if you ever want to close down all the applications that have "hidden" tray icons, you can simply close SysTrayX, then easily close each icon, which at that point will be readily available. With WinXP's built-in facility, you have to click that tiny little button, then close each icon individually--for every application there is. SysTrayX has an annoying splash screen--yes, even in the registered version--and the author is adamant about not removing it or letting you disable it. This is profoundly stupid to me, and annoying. (Good thing there IS a way to get rid of it, however tricky.) There are a few rare applications that SysTrayX has trouble with (Push The Freakin' Button is one, RivaTuner is another), but usually there is a workaround. See, aren't you glad someone with a clue jumped in here?

rich.ward reviewed v3.52.095 Beta on Oct 17, 2003

No better or worse than other programs that do the same. I just want to know when someone is just going to rip of the XP version and make a Windows 2000 /9x version of that! I want to click on the icon and show all icons back and then click again and the ones you choose disappear again.

Also why doesn't clicking on the icon from the systrayX menu not work for all programs, tried it on popupstopper and kerio firewall and nothing!

Next time, just follow the XP one exactly and I've buy it!

Rich

fkewe reviewed v3.50.090 Beta on Mar 10, 2003

I use XP Pro and yes, XP does have this feature built in.
But, however, when explorer.exe crashes and the system tray icons don't recover from the crash (program is still running), that's were SysTrayX comes in. It recovers the icons back to there pre-crash state. There are similar programs that will do this for free (i.e tray wizard).

tvaccari reviewed v3.50.090 Beta on Mar 10, 2003

Windows XP has this built in and for free no less.

toekneec67 reviewed v3.00.081 Beta on Jul 19, 2002

The program itself it not bad. It worked for me. But the logic of staying with Windows 98 is just stupid. This program is sharware and by the time you pay for all your add-ons you can just by a copy of XP Home Edition with more add-ons then you can add. Not to mention stable as hell. I'm not going to agrue XP being better - every magazine agrees, and almost every end user does too.

mmatheny reviewed v2.20.057 Beta on Dec 2, 2001

TrayManager from PCMag is free.

Practice reviewed v2.0 Beta on Mar 10, 2001

But is there a way to hide the SysTrayX icon from the system tray?

adam-x reviewed v2.0 Beta on Mar 8, 2001

Yeah, but some of use aren't going to be upgrading to Windows XP anytime soon. Seems like each version they release gets dumbed down more and more... I'll stick with 98se and cool add-ons like this instead.

Y2kFox reviewed v2.0 Beta on Mar 8, 2001

Windows XP will have this feature built in (and a lot more customizable to boot.

bobad reviewed v2.0 Beta on Mar 8, 2001

Neat program allright, but unfortunately the cursors all look white against a white background, rendering them totally invisible. I suppose this is a bug. (bobad@mindspring.com)