How to Add or Remove NVIDIA GPU Activity Notification Area Icon on Taskbar in Windows (ok)
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How to Add or Remove NVIDIA GPU Activity Notification Area Icon on Taskbar in Windows If your Windows device has NIVIDIA graphics and NVIDIA display drivers installed, you can display the NVIDIA GPU Activity icon in the taskbar notification area to better monitor the GPU activity. This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the NVIDIA GPU Activity notification area icon on the taskbar for your account in Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10. Contents
Option One: Add or Remove GPU Activity Notification Area Icon in NVIDIA Control Panel
Option Two: Remove NVIDIA GPU Activity Notification Area Icon from Notification Icon
Option Three: Add or Remove NVIDIA GPU Activity Notification Area Icon using a REG file
EXAMPLE: NVIDIA GPU Activity notification area icon on taskbar OPTION ONE
1 Perform one of the following actions below to open the NVIDIA Control Panel: (see screenshots below) A) Run (Win+R) the C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\Control Panel Client\nvcplui.exe file. OR B) Right click or press and hold on the Desktop, and click/tap on NVIDIA Control Panel. OR C) Click/tap on the NVIDIA Control Panel notification icon on the taskbar. 2 In the NVIDIA Control Panel, click/tap on Desktop on the menu bar, and click/tap on Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area to check (add) or uncheck (remove - default) it. (see screenshot below)
You can also press the Alt + K keys and press the D key to toggle Display GPU Activity Icon in Notification Area as checked (add) or unchecked (remove - default). 3 You can now close the NVIDIA Control Panel if you like. OPTION TWO
1 Right click or press and hold on the NVIDIA GPU Activity notification area icon on the taskbar to uncheck and remove it. (see screenshot below) OPTION THREE
The downloadable .reg files below will modify the DWORD value in the registry key below. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\NVIDIA Corporation\Global\CoProcManager ShowTrayIcon DWORD 0 = Remove 1 = Add 1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do. 2 To Add NVIDIA GPU Activity Notification Area Icon A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below. Add_NVIDIA_GPU_Activity_notification_icon_for_current_user.reg Download 3 To Remove NVIDIA GPU Activity Notification Area Icon
This is the default setting.A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below. Remove_NVIDIA_GPU_Activity_notification_icon_for_current_user.reg Download 4 Save the .reg file to your desktop. 5 Double click/tap on the downloaded .reg file to merge it. 6 When prompted, click/tap on Run, Yes (UAC), Yes, and OK to approve the merge. 7 Sign out and sign in, or restart the PC to apply. 8 You could now delete the downloaded .reg file if you like. That's it, Shawn
