John:

All you need to do is to drag them off the Task bar onto your desktop, then
hit the delete key. This is only a shortcut to the program - so all you are
deleting is the "shortcut" -- not the program.  I do this regularly when I
"acquire" icons in my task bar that I don't want there - and haven't lost a
program yet!   :-)

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                  Regards!
                         Dana
 Dana Joan Ciardi
 from sunny Jupiter, Florida
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John Cain wrote:
>
> Gentlemen,
> Please help.
>
> The problem: I'm running Windows 98.When I boot up, my System Tray has 8
> Icons. I would like to keep these icons out of the Tray without
> necessarily removing the programs associated with them.
>
> Any help will be gratefully appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Cain
>
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