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Remove the Microsoft Security Essentials icon

I've been using Microsoft Security Essentials on Windows 7 for sometime now and so far I don't have a bad word to say about it.

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Guest [Entry]

"Check out PS Tray Factory (free for 30 days)

This will allow you to permanently hide the icon for MSE and it works under Windows 7 (I use it myself). It is clever enough to know when an icon is simply changing, so you do not have to tell it to hide all the different variations, i.e. protected, scanning, problem detected, etc.

Here it is on my own computer. As you can see, the icon is no longer present but you will still get the important popups.

Note that the icon for PS Tray Factory can easily be removed by unticking a tick box in the settings."
Guest [Entry]

"When you say ""hide the tray icon"", do you mean place it in the hidden icon area, or permanently remove the tray icon?

I am running MSE on Windows 7 64-bit, and have MSE set to ""Only show notifications"", and the icon is ""hidden"" in the pop up area:"