unknown icon on taskbar... how to id where it comes from
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Hi, folks. I have a new ASUS laptop. Recently a icon has begun to appear on my taskbar called "HViewer". It offers no context menu and double-clicking it does nothing. It does not appear in the TaskManager application list. It just sits there in my taskbar, mocking me! How can I figure out what this thing is and if I don't need it, how can I get rid of it? I've searched the ASUS website and nothing shows up.
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
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Hi, folks. I have a new ASUS laptop. Recently a icon has begun to appear on my taskbar called "HViewer". It offers no context menu and double-clicking it does nothing. It does not appear in the TaskManager application list. It just sits there in my taskbar, mocking me! How can I figure out what this thing is and if I don't need it, how can I get rid of it? I've searched the ASUS website and nothing shows up.
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
Jesse Evans wrote:
I have a new ASUS laptop. Recently a icon has begun to appear on my taskbar called "HViewer".
What have you done to your computer before this icon appear? Did you install any software or device driver?
Jesse Evans wrote:
It just sits there in my taskbar, mocking me!
Try to check in your control panel in add/remove program and find this icon name in the list of installed software. Or right click on your task bar and point to tool bar whether this application list in the tool bar. Hope this help
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Hi, folks. I have a new ASUS laptop. Recently a icon has begun to appear on my taskbar called "HViewer". It offers no context menu and double-clicking it does nothing. It does not appear in the TaskManager application list. It just sits there in my taskbar, mocking me! How can I figure out what this thing is and if I don't need it, how can I get rid of it? I've searched the ASUS website and nothing shows up.
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
You can try using "services.msc" ............ startmenu ->run--> type "services.msc" . a window will appear.... check for the service with the name like "Hviewer",etc...if it exists right click it and stop the service...........
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Hi, folks. I have a new ASUS laptop. Recently a icon has begun to appear on my taskbar called "HViewer". It offers no context menu and double-clicking it does nothing. It does not appear in the TaskManager application list. It just sits there in my taskbar, mocking me! How can I figure out what this thing is and if I don't need it, how can I get rid of it? I've searched the ASUS website and nothing shows up.
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
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Hi, folks. I have a new ASUS laptop. Recently a icon has begun to appear on my taskbar called "HViewer". It offers no context menu and double-clicking it does nothing. It does not appear in the TaskManager application list. It just sits there in my taskbar, mocking me! How can I figure out what this thing is and if I don't need it, how can I get rid of it? I've searched the ASUS website and nothing shows up.
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
If it is in the taskbar as a running app, the SysInternals process explorer app can give you more info on what program is running. If it is really in the Quick Launch section of the taskbar, those are links, displayed from directory %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\QuickLaunch. (%USERPROFILE% is usually C:\Documents and Settings\username.) Paul Higgins
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Hi, folks. I have a new ASUS laptop. Recently a icon has begun to appear on my taskbar called "HViewer". It offers no context menu and double-clicking it does nothing. It does not appear in the TaskManager application list. It just sits there in my taskbar, mocking me! How can I figure out what this thing is and if I don't need it, how can I get rid of it? I've searched the ASUS website and nothing shows up.
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
Roath Kanel wrote:
What have you done to your computer before this icon appear? Did you install any software or device driver?
Nope. And it does not always show up.
vimal_yet wrote:
startmenu ->run--> type "services.msc" . a window will appear.... check for the service with the name like "Hviewer",etc...if it exists right click it and stop the service
Not there, either.
Craster wrote:
Run msconfig.exe. That will tell you all the apps that run on startup, and whether they are initiated as services, from the registry, or from the startup folder.
I did one better; I used autoruns from sysinternals. Nothing there named HViewer.
pch2032 wrote:
If it is in the taskbar as a running app, the SysInternals process explorer app can give you more info on what program is running. If it is really in the Quick Launch section of the taskbar, those are links, displayed from directory %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\QuickLaunch. (%USERPROFILE% is usually C:\Documents and Settings\username.)
I'll give that (Process Explorer) a go next time it shows up. It does not appear at startup; only shows up later (sometimes). Thanks for the help so far. You people are great!
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
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Roath Kanel wrote:
What have you done to your computer before this icon appear? Did you install any software or device driver?
Nope. And it does not always show up.
vimal_yet wrote:
startmenu ->run--> type "services.msc" . a window will appear.... check for the service with the name like "Hviewer",etc...if it exists right click it and stop the service
Not there, either.
Craster wrote:
Run msconfig.exe. That will tell you all the apps that run on startup, and whether they are initiated as services, from the registry, or from the startup folder.
I did one better; I used autoruns from sysinternals. Nothing there named HViewer.
pch2032 wrote:
If it is in the taskbar as a running app, the SysInternals process explorer app can give you more info on what program is running. If it is really in the Quick Launch section of the taskbar, those are links, displayed from directory %USERPROFILE%\Application Data\Microsoft\QuickLaunch. (%USERPROFILE% is usually C:\Documents and Settings\username.)
I'll give that (Process Explorer) a go next time it shows up. It does not appear at startup; only shows up later (sometimes). Thanks for the help so far. You people are great!
'til next we type... HAVE FUN!! -- Jesse
To identify the one process connected to the icon you should try to identify all the other one's. Take a list of processes running while it appears, subtract the ones you can identify, then subtract the system processes, then subtract the active programs that do not have a taskbar icon (100% positive), then from that list try to identify it. Or take a screenshot of the icon and post it for all to see. -- modified at 12:44 Thursday 13th September, 2007