How
to disable the
unread email notification in XP welcome screen?
Windows XP by default display the list of unread email on
the windows welcome screen. But some time this unread email notification
is irritating users and they don't want to display it on the welcome
screen. They can easily disable it using the windows registry editor.
Make sure before modifying your system
Registry about its backup because Registry contains all information how
your system runs. This backup will help you to restore Registry in case
any problem occurs after modifying.
Follow
the given steps to disable the email notification option:
To edit
the computer registry, first you should log onto your computer with
administrative rights.
First
click on Start button and type "Regedit" in Run option.
Here
locate the location to:
Navigate
to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SOFTWARE \ Microsoft
\ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ UnreadMail
Here in
right side panel, double click on the key
MessageExpiryDays
and set its value to 0.
But if
MessageExpiryDays
key doesn't exist, then
in right side panel, click right to
create a key with the name
MessageExpiryDays
and then set its value to 0.
Now close
the registry editor and restart your computer after any changes to go
into effect.
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