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Hide the iCloud for Windows tray icon?

In previous versions of iCloud for Windows I was able to uncheck the "Show iCloud status in System Tray" option which removed the tray icon. The new version I received via updates yesterday, 4.0.3.56, no longer has this option. Is there a way to hide the tray icon via registry or otherwise? Thanks for the help.

iCloud for Windows-OTHER, Windows 7

Posted on Sep 19, 2014 5:48 AM

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Posted on Nov 29, 2014 4:52 PM

Run msconfig and disable the User uploaded file process on the startup tab. Unfortunately, it will most likely be re-enabled the next time icloud updates itself. Annoying that you can't even right-click the icon and choose hide or disable. The change will require a restart, but to kill it manually, simply launch task manager (right-click taskbar) and highlight the icloud related process and hit delete and confirm the prompt.

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Hide the iCloud for Windows tray icon?

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