What is the purpose of the airplane icon in my system tray?

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My Windows 7 system tray has an airplane icon that I am not familiar with. When I hover over it, the tooltip says "Mode: High Performance":

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If I right-click on it, the menu says:

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Does anyone know the purpose of this icon/program?

blueshift

Posted 2015-12-24T13:19:43.760

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1That is not part of windows, it is some app installed by you or your computer's manufacturer. – Scott Chamberlain – 2015-12-24T13:44:11.370

3Probably something to do with your wireless card and "Airplane Mode". If you can provide details of your PC (make/model) and your wireless card (make/model) you may get a more accurate answer. – DavidPostill – 2015-12-24T14:11:30.013

I built the PC and did all of the software installations. It may be part of one of the programs I installed -- possibly one of my motherboard's drivers. My PC doesn't have a wireless card. Thanks for the suggestions, though. – blueshift – 2015-12-24T18:50:49.543

Answers

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Airplane mode was not introduced until W8 and its icon is different, it must be some third party program.

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Moab

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