Startup program entry details:

NPDTray (NPDTray.exe)

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Description:

System Tray access to Presentation Director for IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad notebooks - which allows you to create and quickly select between various single and mulitple display options. Scheme selection and settings are also available via Fn+F7 key combination on some models

Startup information:

Registry (Start → Run → regedit)

• Key(s): HKLM\Run
• Name: NPDTray
• Data: C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\NPDTray.exe

MSConfig (Start → Run → msconfig → Startup)

• Startup Item (XP): N/A
• Startup Item (Vista/7): N/A
• Command: C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\NPDTray.exe

Windows Defender (Start → All Programs → Windows Defender → Tools → Software Explorer)

• Name:
  • IBM ThinkPad Utility (IBM version)
  • ThinkPad Presentation Director (Lenovo version)
• Startup Value: C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\NPDTray.exe

Log examples:

O4 - HKLM\..\Run: [NPDTray] C:\PROGRA~1\ThinkPad\UTILIT~1\NPDTray.exe
O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [NPDTRAY] C:\ARQUIV~1\Lenovo\NPDIRECT\NPDTray.exe

Other information:

• File location: N/A
• File properties "Description":
  • IBM ThinkPad Presentation Director Tray Utility (IBM version)
  • PDTRAY (Lenovo version)
• Purpose: Display utility
• Program disable option:
  • Right-click on icon & Deselect "Show Presentation Director icon in the task bar system tray"
  • Start → All Programs → Access IBM → ThinkPad Configuration → Options → Customize → deselect "Add Presentation Director icon on Task Bar System Tray (IBM version)
  • Start → All Programs → ThinkVantage → ThinkPad Configuration → Options → Customize → deselect "Add Presentation Director icon on Task Bar System Tray (Lenovo version)
• Shortcut(s) available: Start Menu
• Vendor/Publisher: IBM Corp. & Lenovo
• Product(s): Presentation Director
• Tested: Yes

Note:

• %ProgramFiles% - refers to the Program Files folder; typically the path is C:\Program Files
• HKLM refers to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

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