Finally, we also found some registry modifications that, big surprise, didn't work either. We've also read that some went as far as uninstalling the drivers and installing fresh Realtek drivers only to have the tray icon reappear. These generic answers include either removing the DTS Control Panel from Startup or hiding the tray icon. We've seen the same generic answers repeated over and over again, and they don't work. Update: With some digging, we found the answer here. As we prefer a lean, mean computing machine, we wanted to remove this icon as we have with the Realtek tray icon over the years. On a newer computer, we noticed that there was an icon called DTS Audio Panel.