What is TortoiseHg Overlay Icon Server

I just install TortoiseHg, to act as Mercurial client tool.

However, in my Vista, whenever I start, there is a TortoiseHg Overlay Icon Server at my notification bar.

Is quite annoying. What is the p开发者_开发技巧urpose of that? Can I disable it?

The notification icon is part of a service* which gives us those handy icons on the corner of version-controlled files/folders. (The little icons demonstrate whether the file is "up-to-date", modified, etc.)

If you want to get rid of the icon:

1. Right-click on Desktop
2. Click on TortoiseHg->Explorer Extension Settings
3. Click on Icons
4. Uncheck Show Icon under Taskbar

My current setup is that I've disabled TortoiseHgOverlayServer from starting up with Windows through msconfig's Startup tab. (To run msconfig, press Windows+R, and type in msconfig.)

Then, when I want my icons to update, I right click on my project folder, and click on TortoiseHg->Update Icons. This starts TortoiseHgOverlayServer manually, and it'll only be there until you log off Windows.

*It's not really a Windows service, but it acts kinda like one, so...

It is the service, which modifies the icon in the explorer which showes when files are under version control and if they are changed. Let it do its work.