# What is a TRAYCLNT and why is it always not responding? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 10, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219 "2002-08-10T00:54:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219/1 "2002-08-10T00:54:02Z")
If I press cntrl-alt-del while I am online, there is always one program that says: TRAYCLNT (not responding). I did a find file for this, and it appears to be part of the msn internet access as it’s in the C:/Program Files/MSNIA folder. Does anyone know what this is and why it would always seem to be locked? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![tcburnett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@tcburnett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tcburnett)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219/2 "2002-08-10T01:28:22Z")
[http://www.computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/116959.html](http://www.computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/116959.html) ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219/3 "2002-08-10T03:29:02Z")
[reads thread title] Yes!! [rushes into thread to find out answer] Yes! Mine does this, too, and it’s always driving me CRAZY. At last, I am going to find out what it is and what it’s for… [reads TC’s link] But…but…it doesn’t explain what it IS. Or what it’s FOR. Do I NEED to fix it? I usually just ignore it. What does it all MEEEEAAANNN??? Anybody else? [taps foot impatiently] ---
**Author:** ![Ankh\_Too](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Ankh\_Too](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ankh_Too)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219/4 "2002-08-10T03:43:10Z")
[AnswersThatWork.com](http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist_t.htm) has a nice list of programs that appear on your systray and what they do. Trayclnt is included and listed about half-way down the page. It’s from MSN to allow quick internet access, apparently. It can be disabled in StartUp Manager since it’s not required. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219/5 "2002-08-10T03:59:52Z")
Thank you! [does happy dance and adds link to “Miscellaneous” Favorites folder] 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219/6 "2002-08-10T04:06:23Z")
Err… Where’s my Startup Manager, so I can disable TraycLnt? Windows ME. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Just\_Ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Ed)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219/7 "2002-08-10T04:21:26Z")
**DDG** , click Start --\> Run; type “msconfig” and hit OK. This will bring up the System Configuration Utility - one of the tabs is “Startup” wherein you can disable whatever you don’t want to load at Startup. ---
**Author:** ![sailor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@sailor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sailor)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219/8 "2002-08-10T05:13:51Z")
[http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist\_pages/tasklist\_t.htm](http://www.answersthatwork.com/Tasklist_pages/tasklist_t.htm) > [@](#): > > System Tray icon for MSN subscribers which gives users a quick way to connect to MSN. Microsoft produce wonderful software sometimes, but when are they ever going to get their act together with MSN ? From the resources crusher LOADQM to the often hanging, not responding, illegal operation culprit TRAYCLNT, MSN beggars belief and frustrates too many users. > > Recommendation : > Many users will at some stage or other experience problems with TRAYCLNT. Sometimes re-installing MSN cures the problem, at other times extracting the MAILCOM.DLL file with the System File Checker or MSCONFIG also does the trick. Our advice, however : if TRAYCLNT is giving you problems, disable it with Startup Manager – you do not actually need it. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2002, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219/9 "2002-08-10T11:21:51Z")
Thanks y’all. I know this was the place to find out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2002, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-a-trayclnt-and-why-is-it-always-not-responding/123219/10 "2002-08-11T00:04:17Z")
Okay, I’m looking at Startup in the System Configuration Utility, but I don’t see anything that says “TraycInt” in the list. MSMSGS RealJukeboxSystray H/PC Connection Agent ScanRegistry TaskMonitor PCHealth SystemTray LoadPowerProfile eMachine eBoard S05 Integrator Pass Two LexStart Lexmark PrinTray LXSUPMON LoadQM OmgStartup ZingSpooler LoadPowerProfile Scheduling Agent SSDPSRV "StateMgr S05 Integrator Pass One HotSync Manager Forget Me Not MSN Internet Access Reminders PowerReg Scheduler [OpenOffice.org](http://OpenOffice.org) 1.0.1. So, which one do you disable to make TraycInt _stop_ “stop responding”? I don’t want to disable the entire Tray, or the Task Manager (I’m assuming that “Task Monitor” is referring to the Task Manager?) I actually like having the Task Manager. But it’s weird to have TraycInt “stop responding”, especially like now, when nothing’s wrong. The computer’s running fine, nothing’s locked up, but if I bring up the Task Manager, sure enough, there it is in the list: “TraycInt Not Responding”. So, what _makes_ that? BTW, am I correct in assuming that “omg Startup” probably doesn’t stand for the “Oh My God Startup”? 😃