OneNote for Windows 10 also won’t be included in clean installs.The change, while major, isn’t too surprising, given that Teams will be directly integrated as part of Windows 11. Skype is one of a few apps that will no longer be included in clean installs of the new OS.There’s no more tablet mode, and Windows 10’s lightweight S mode (arguably also handy for tablets) will only be available in Windows 11 Home.

Also, anything you’ve pinned to the Start menu won’t come along for the ride, and you can’t resize it - yet. Microsoft had been exploring de-emphasizing them, but in Windows 11, they’ll officially be gone. Live Tiles will no longer be available in the Start menu.Cortana is no longer part of the boot experience, and you can read my colleague Monica Chin’s feels about that here.Click 'OK' to close the Notification Customization screenĨ. Select the 'Hide icon and notifications' optionħ. Click the drop-down next to the icon of the offending programĦ. Find the suspect program (Action Center, in my case)ĥ. Click the 'Customize' button in the section labeled 'Notification area'Ĥ. I suppose you could choose to hide all of the icons if you don't care to see any of them in the system tray/notification area.ģ. You just need to use trial and error to figure out which one is causing the problem. I'm sure that some of the other icons could cause this issue, as well. I chose the 'Hide icon and notification' option for the Action Center icon. I went into the Taskbar properties, and selected 'Customize' within Specifically, the 'Action Center' notifications were causing the taskbar to pop-up every few seconds. In my case, this was related to the notification area (f.k.a. You're right, it is VERY frustrating when the taskbar pops up over and over.

Skype logo in taskbar keeps glowing