FYI, I gave some bad info above... I *thought* I had downloaded the previous version but I really didn't... the download link must have been pointing to SlySoft because I really downloaded 6.7.2.0. I found this out because after I got my tray icon back, it went away again and researching it I thought that maybe 6.7.2.0 didn't uninstall correctly and that is when I noticed that I was still running that version because it was the one I downloaded. Whoops.
Anyway, in my troubleshooting I was able to get AnyDVD 6.7.2.0 up and running briefly. While it was running I went to the settings area and noticed that most all of the check boxes were UNCHECKED except the option to "Hide tray icon" was checked... along with a couple others! I unchecked the hide option and then checked most of the others (like notification of updates, etc.) but they wouldn't stick. Once I hit OK and put a DVD in the drive, the icon went away. If I went back into the settings, they were all back to the way they were originally???
In addition to the above, this could definitely be related to My Movies because when I went to uninstall AnyDVD 6.7.2.0 I noticed that were were still two dll files in the AnyDVD folder. When I went to try to delete these as well (wanted a CLEAN install of 6.7.1.0 because I got the right file this time
) I got a popup that it could not be deleted because it was in the My Movies Tray???
So, it looks like for whatever reason, 6.7.2.0 setting check marks are almost completel opposite (but not entirely) from what the 6.7.1.0 settings are. And, one of these two dll files in the AnyDVD folder has something to do with My Movies...
ADvdDiscHlp.dll
ADvdDiscHlp64.dll
Don't remember which one it was.
Hopefully this helps figure out what is going on