“Hide Inactive Icons” is Grayed Out

The “Hide Inactive Icons” option is Grayed out in Taskbar Properties.

1. Click START–>RUN and type REGEDIT

2. Click the plus sign next to HKEY_CURRENT_USER
then SOFTWARE
then
Microsoft
then Windows
then CurrentVersion
then Policies
then Explorer

Create a DWORD value called EnableAutoTray
Set the value to 00000001 to enable the “Hide Inactive Icons” option again.
Posted by rajni kant