I was being annoyed by having the java icon in my system tray,
So recently I spent about 30 mins figuring out how to disable it.
The normal method via control panel does not work on W7 / W8 / Vista.
How to hide it forever:
Go to start and type in > Javacpl
Or you can find it in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin
Right click it and choose Run as Administrator
[Opening it without admin rights won't save changes]
Go to tab Advanced > Miscellaneous
Uncheck the box Place Java Icon in System Tray.
The java icon should be disabled in your system tray forever now.
So recently I spent about 30 mins figuring out how to disable it.
The normal method via control panel does not work on W7 / W8 / Vista.
How to hide it forever:
Go to start and type in > Javacpl
Or you can find it in: C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre6\bin
Right click it and choose Run as Administrator
[Opening it without admin rights won't save changes]
Go to tab Advanced > Miscellaneous
Uncheck the box Place Java Icon in System Tray.
The java icon should be disabled in your system tray forever now.



