// MyTaskBarDeleteIcon - deletes an icon from the taskbar  
//     status area. 
// Returns TRUE if successful or FALSE otherwise. 
// hwnd - handle of the window that added the icon 
// uID - identifier of the icon to delete 
BOOL MyTaskBarDeleteIcon(HWND hwnd, UINT uID) 
{ 
    BOOL res; 
    NOTIFYICONDATA tnid; 
 
    tnid.cbSize = sizeof(NOTIFYICONDATA); 
    tnid.hWnd = hwnd; 
    tnid.uID = uID; 
         
    res = Shell_NotifyIcon(NIM_DELETE, &tnid); 

    return res; 
}