Start Win7 systray focus on the left?

Prior to Windows 7 the system tray started focus from the left: WinEscTabTab

Windows 7 adds Win+B as an alternative, but starts focus from the right.

Is there a way to change it to start focus on the left?

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Posted 2012-04-19T17:38:54.217

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Are you sure you are not getting left and right mixed up? It started focus from the left in both cases over here. I never figured out how to access the system tray using only the keyboard before, so thanks for that. – paradroid – 2012-04-19T17:50:52.920

Positive about left/right. Been doing it that way for 15 years. – please delete me – 2012-04-19T17:52:58.147

OK, it must be a plugin or setting. Probably Classic Shell. – please delete me – 2012-04-19T18:04:24.387

@BrianTkatch - It also starts focus on the left for me, on the small Show Hidden Icons up-arrow (I'm not using Classic). Note: Win-B has apparently been around since XP - also mentioned in this answer

– Geoff – 2012-04-19T18:49:33.050

Win-B does not work on my home XP box. I appreciate the confirmation for the focus start. It must be something on my end. I don't seem to be able to close this thread without someone answering first. – please delete me – 2012-04-19T19:01:00.340

Small nit: The "system tray" in Windows is actually called the "(Taskbar) Notification Area" and has been since Windows 95. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa511448.aspx and http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2003/09/10/54831.aspx

– shufler – 2012-04-19T19:01:27.483

Everyone called it system tray back then because of systray.exe. Noone cared what the "official" name was. Indeed, calling it the "notification area" would likely have caused nothing but confusion. – please delete me – 2012-04-19T19:06:12.047

Yes, I know why people call it the system tray. But systray.exe is not the "system tray" either. I'm done, I have no comments that are relevant to this question. – shufler – 2012-04-19T19:07:20.033

heh. "systray" and "system tray", regardless of correctness, are likely the most recognized terms, however. :) – please delete me – 2012-04-19T19:42:12.940

@BrianTkatch if it's an issue at your end, post an answer explaining what it was & how you fixed it – Sathyajith Bhat – 2012-04-20T12:37:56.890

Start Win7 systray focus on the left?

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