How can I hide my network connections in the task bar when I'm not connected?

Question

How can I hide my network connections (the PC with the red X icon on the task bar) when I'm not using a that connection.

Typically, I switch back and forth between wireless and wide connections depending on my location, so I don't want to just simply disable the network device.

Solution

Go to 'Network Connections' or 'Network and Sharing Center', right click on the connection you want to hide and click on Properties. Then uncheck 'Notify me when this connection..'.

Comments

[Admin]

Which version of windows are you using?

[Admin]

XP, but I imagine the answer should be relatively the same for anything from 2K3, and beyond.

[BIBD]

Nope. The icon remains in either mode.

[BIBD]

Oddly enough, it doesn't hide that icon (a couple others, but not the network one :-/ ).

[BIBD]

As I said; because I switch back and forth between wire and wireless, depending on where I am working, don't want to disable and enable network connections all the time.

[DMA57361]

To return to Tofystedeth's suggestion again - have you got the corresponding "Show icon in notification area when connected" ticked? If you've got it ticked - what happens if you untick it? (I'm thinking it could be that Windows treats that as some type of override on the other suggested options?)

[Evan Plaice]

Oops, I read your question completely wrong... You could try to check the network properties. Instead of right-clicking and disabling right click and hit properties. Somewhere under the settings menu there should be a checkbox along the lines of 'hide inactive icon'. I'd check myself but I'm on Linux right now.