The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    M17x R3 - Anyone know how to remove the alienspawn icon.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by conicalb, Jun 3, 2011.

  1. conicalb

    conicalb Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    3
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    I can't find the alienspawn startup in msconfig or services. I don't want to uninstall alienspawn I just don't want the icon there anymore or popups reminding me to backup (already have on different install).
     
    conicalb, Jun 3, 2011
    #1
  2. steve1ddd

    steve1ddd Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    82
    Messages:
    482
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    30
    i looked at this to and couldnt find where it get launched from...i can tell you that the exe running is C:\Program Files (x86)\AlienRespawn\Toaster.exe... Odd name, but thats the one. if you figure it out let me know.
     
    steve1ddd, Jun 3, 2011
    #2
  3. Smooth_J

    Smooth_J Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    500
    Messages:
    806
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    Not to bring back the dead, but i found a solution to this:

    There is a service called "SoftThinks Agent Service" once you disable it and restart it should stop alienspawn from starting, as well as "Toaster.exe" and the transparent bar on top of the display.
     
    Smooth_J, Jul 23, 2011
    #3
  4. Beradon

    Beradon Notebook Evangelist

    Reputations:
    167
    Messages:
    465
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    31
    There is a far easier way:

    Next to the notification area there is an up arrow for showing all the hidden icons. If you click it there is an option labeled Customize. Click customize, find the icon in the list that you dont want notifications from and dont want to see, click "Hide Icon and Notifications" in the dropdown.

    If the up arrow is not there, right click anywhere on the taskbar, select properties. In the middle of the Window under "notification area" click Customize. Again, find the icon you dont want to see and pick "Hide Icon and Notifications".
     
    Beradon, Jul 24, 2011
    #4
  5. Binky Slats

    Binky Slats Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Remove the 2 icon files and they are gone.

    C:\Program Files (x86)\AlienRespawn\locale\shell

    shell_backup.ico
    shell_backup_no_uptodate.ico
     
    Binky Slats, Apr 16, 2015
    #5