VNC : Remove Icon From Tray

[Geforce]

I have VNC Viewer installed on the computers here, and when you log onto a PC that uses VNC the icon in the tray turns a different colour (black) so the user knows when your connected. Now I don't want this, so does anyone know how to remove the icon from the tray without stopping the VNC service?

Ian.

[fourthbean]

It seems like when I was installing tightvnc there was an option to put the icon in the system tray or to not put it there. I just looked through the settings though and it doesnt seem to have an option to turn it off after it is installed. Maybe someone with some more knowledge knows something I do not.

[Geforce]

I'm using VNC 4.0. There is not an option in the setup to determine the icon in the tray from locading at startup.

Bit of a strange one if anyone can help us here?

Ian.

[yohon125]

if you have winpatrol installed you would be able to remove it from startup, but i dont think that is the solution you are looking for

[Geforce]

It's not no.. It has to be on the startup, but I don't want it so people can see it when I'm connected, which means removing it from the system tray when you are in Windows.

Ian.

[samwichse]

Out of curiosity, what is your intention with this?

Perfectly legal and moral I'm sure.

[Geforce]

I'm an IT Manager and I am incharge of around 80 computers and 8 servers on 3 different subnets.

I don't want my lot knowing I'm onto them

[muno]

Here's some info.
http://www.realvnc.com/pipermail/vnc...er/035579.html

It would be highly illegal in Finland to monitor other persons doings without their consent (in this manner)

[sr71000]

Just get everyone to sign a consent form that any time they are using a work computer you are allowed to monitor what they are doing. Either that, or just write a short perl script that says by using the computer they are agreeing to allow you to monitor their work and then make an imput box that asks for them to type yes and hit enter...then put it in the startup folder...if you really know what u'r doing..then set it to run as a service and to lock the computer until they answer yes...idk if this is possible, but if it is....then i suppose it's possible. One other thing....make it so vnc dosen't start w/ windows...make u'r perl script start with windows...and when they answer yes, u'r script starts the vnc service...that way if they say no...vnc dosen't run..and u can't connect and get in trouble...but most will say yes and spare you . (of course..run this by the boss...lol) and it should be legal i'd think.

[Geforce]

No need to Sr71000.

What I'm doing is 100% legal and is backed by the MD.

We have a computer company misuse policy anyway, which they all have to adhere to.

[brandon184]

Out of curiosity, what is your intention with this?

Perfectly legal and moral I'm sure.

Having the VNC viewer icon in the tray is more or less a way to let people know when and when they are not being watched. Which almost entirely defeats the purpose of monitoring an employee's PC.

Brandon

[sixf00t4]

dameware will do that.

in xp you can hide the system tray icon for vnc.

[MDS]

deleting the VNC-realted key (I can't remember it
exactly) from
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\microsoft\windows\curr entversion\run
will prevent the icon from showing at all in all versions of VNC prior to
V4.


there used to be a progam called magictweak that would also hide it, but not sure if it works on 4.0 or not.

I'm still running 3.3.3 on my network and we use software( PC ACME Professional) that is much better on the network at work. We used to use Spector Pro can't remember the ver. which also worked good and had screen capture and video capture, it also logs every site,password, email, IM, or chat.

tightVNC enterprise has an option (No VNC server tray icon) that can be checked to prevent the icon. Also there may be a way to run as a hidden service.

[kantlivelong]

you prolly set it as a sysServ. go to admin tools>services and find your vnc app and disable it.

[MDS]

you prolly set it as a sysServ. go to admin tools>services and find your vnc app and disable it.

That would completely close the VNC server on the system which isn't the issue, trying to hide the icon or even replace it with one that doesn't change is what is needed for VNC 4.0

[gr23]

Hi Guys.

This the answer for you courtesy of the vnc website....

How can I hide the system tray icon in WINVNC?

You need to add a registry flag to cleanly disable the tray icon on all platforms and in all modes without affecting other settings. The default is "0" and indicates that the tray icon should not be disabled. A value of "1" will suppress the tray icon for all users.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\DisableTrayIcon DWORD "0"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\DisableTrayIcon DWORD "1"
Thus, to disable the tray icon, you should start the "regedit" utility from the command line, go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\ folder, and create a DWORD parameter with the name "DisableTrayIcon" and the value "1". Then, after restarting WinVNC, the icon will not be shown anymore.

Regards.

George

[auztin]

i just totally deleted the tightvnc icons altogether using resource hacker. That works, and you cant tell that it is even running except for there is a grey space on the taskbar. But i guess it doesnt prevent tampering.

[BipolarBill]

Um, that doesn't remove the icon. Anyone with half a brain can find that.

[Steve R Jones]

Three Year Old Thread back from the dead

[tx210guy]

Hi Guys.

This the answer for you courtesy of the vnc website....

How can I hide the system tray icon in WINVNC?

You need to add a registry flag to cleanly disable the tray icon on all platforms and in all modes without affecting other settings. The default is "0" and indicates that the tray icon should not be disabled. A value of "1" will suppress the tray icon for all users.
HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\DisableTrayIcon DWORD "0"
HKLM\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3\DisableTrayIcon DWORD "1"
Thus, to disable the tray icon, you should start the "regedit" utility from the command line, go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\ORL\WinVNC3\ folder, and create a DWORD parameter with the name "DisableTrayIcon" and the value "1". Then, after restarting WinVNC, the icon will not be shown anymore.

Regards.

George

This works....to some extent. I am running VNC Enterprise 4.3.2 The correct path in the registry is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\RealVNC\WinVNC4
Immediately after inputting the new DWORD Value, the tray icon disappeared with no need to restart VNC Server......however.....The little black icon shows up when I connect to the machine remotely, and immediately disappears when I disconnect from it. Any ideas there???