Windows 10: Add or Remove NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon in Windows

How to: Add or Remove NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon in Windows

How to Add or Remove NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon on Taskbar in Windows


If your Windows device has NIVIDIA graphics and NVIDIA display drivers installed, you will have the NVIDIA Control Panel available.

By default, the NVIDIA Control Panel notification tray icon will show on the taskbar.

The NVIDIA Control Panel is NVIDIA's hardware control application that unlocks the features of NVIDIA drivers. The NVIDIA Control Panel was designed by NVIDIA's dedicated user interface team to revolutionize software ease-of-use and ensure that set-up and configuration of your NVIDIA hardware has never been easier.

The NVIDIA Control Panel contains settings and adjustments for NVIDIA GPUs and MCPs. In similar fashion, the NVIDIA Control Panel now applies the same depth of control to the rest of the core components within the system. Without ever leaving Windows or entering the BIOS users can optimize and adjust nearly every system component to minimize noise, increase stability, and maximize performance.

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the NVIDIA Control Panel notification tray icon on the taskbar for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10.


CONTENTS:

• Option One: Add or Remove NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon in NVIDIA Control Panel
• Option Two: Remove NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon from Notification Tray Icon
• Option Three: Add or Remove NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon using a REG file

EXAMPLE: NVIDIA Control Panel notification tray icon on taskbar









OPTION ONE [/i] Add or Remove NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon in NVIDIA Control Panel
1. Perform one of the following actions below to open the NVIDIA Control Panel: (see screenshot below)
A) Run (Win+R) the C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Control Panel Client\nvcplui.exe file.

OR

B) Right click or press and hold on the Desktop, and click/tap on NVIDIA Control Panel.




2. In the NVIDIA Control Panel, click/tap on Desktop on the menu bar, and click/tap on Show Notification Tray Icon to check (add - default) or uncheck (remove) it. (see screenshot below)

*tip You can also press the Alt+K keys and press the I (i) key to toggle Show Notification Tray Icon as checked (add - default) or unchecked (remove).



3. You can now close the NVIDIA Control Panel if you like.





OPTION TWO [/i] Remove NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon from Notification Tray Icon
1. Right click or press and hold on the NVIDIA Control Panel notification tray icon on the taskbar, and click/tap on Exit. (see screenshot below)









OPTION THREE [/i] Add or Remove NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon using a REG file
*note The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\NvTray

StartOnLogin DWORD

0 = Remove
1 = Add


1. Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.


2. To Add NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon
*note This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Add_NVIDIA_Control_Panel_notification_icon_for_current_user.reg

Download

3. To Remove NVIDIA Control Panel Notification Tray Icon
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.

Remove_NVIDIA_Control_Panel_notification_icon_for_current_user.reg

Download
4. Save the .reg file to your desktop.

5. Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it.

6. When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge.

7. restart the PC to apply.

8. You could now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like.

That's it,
Shawn


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