Using VNC CON and stopping the icon in the task bar.

tosca925 · 11-05-2007, 07:11 PM

We VNC Con (old i know) to monitor kids screens. It does what we want and we also have a reg key that stops the kids right clicking and choosing 'kill client' so they can't turn us off. But on some not all of our machines the icon is there and goes black when you connect so the kids know and instantly shut the windows down of games etc.

Is there a hack/patch we can use to stop the icon appearing at all?

Its weird because it appears on nearly all our computers but not all.

webman · 11-05-2007, 07:19 PM

I think there's a regkey that the VNC server will look at to completely hide the tray icon.

tosca925 · 11-05-2007, 07:36 PM

Any ideas where?

webman · 11-05-2007, 07:37 PM

Hmm.. it seems to depend on which version of VNC server you're running. For TightVNC, it's HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3 -
"DisableTrayIcon"=dword:00000001.

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11-05-2007, 07:11 PM	#1
tosca925 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Midlands Posts: 1,561 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 10	Using VNC CON and stopping the icon in the task bar. We VNC Con (old i know) to monitor kids screens. It does what we want and we also have a reg key that stops the kids right clicking and choosing 'kill client' so they can't turn us off. But on some not all of our machines the icon is there and goes black when you connect so the kids know and instantly shut the windows down of games etc. Is there a hack/patch we can use to stop the icon appearing at all? Its weird because it appears on nearly all our computers but not all.

11-05-2007, 07:19 PM	#2
webman Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: County Durham Posts: 5,676 Thanks: 106 Thanked 87 Times in 71 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 38	Re: Using VNC CON and stopping the icon in the task bar. I think there's a regkey that the VNC server will look at to completely hide the tray icon.

11-05-2007, 07:36 PM	#3
tosca925 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Midlands Posts: 1,561 Thanks: 4 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts Rep Power: 10	Re: Using VNC CON and stopping the icon in the task bar. Any ideas where?

11-05-2007, 07:37 PM	#4
webman Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: County Durham Posts: 5,676 Thanks: 106 Thanked 87 Times in 71 Posts Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 38	Re: Using VNC CON and stopping the icon in the task bar. Hmm.. it seems to depend on which version of VNC server you're running. For TightVNC, it's HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\ORL\WinVNC3 - "DisableTrayIcon"=dword:00000001.

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