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General Category => Software => Topic started by: TheReasonIFailed on September 09, 2003, 05:41:34 PM

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: TheReasonIFailed on September 09, 2003, 05:41:34 PM

Running XP Pro w/ SP1 fully patched.

I logged in today to find that all my System Tray Icons have disappeared and no they are not hidden.

If I log in as another user, the icons come back so this is a user profile error.

Anyone experience this?!?!  If so, outside of recreating the user profile, how did ou fix the problem?

Thanks,

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: Space Between on September 09, 2003, 10:59:41 PM

i really cant help you but that happen to me one time in 2k.
it was that the systray wasnt running.

if you use a application that use's the system tray, and kill the process, and restart
the application does the icon come back?

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: TheReasonIFailed on September 11, 2003, 09:59:29 AM

The program is running the the background but when I kill it and restart it, it still doesn't come back to the system tray.

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: CJTech on September 11, 2003, 10:42:04 AM

By any chance, did your admin lock you out from the tray?

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: TheReasonIFailed on September 11, 2003, 04:03:12 PM

I'm the only admin on the machine, "Administrator" has been disabled.  Is there anything I can check a registry entry?  To see if I can re-enable it?

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: A+Net+MCP on September 11, 2003, 10:59:18 PM

Don't know what to say other than trying system restore or if you have a recent backup of the registry using windows backup you could restore it from their. You should always backup your reg often. I do it twice a month.

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: TheReasonIFailed on September 12, 2003, 07:51:24 PM

*sigh*

(http://www.viewofaburningcity.org/img/snag.jpg)

I must of unchecked it when I was tweaking my setup.

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: Space Between on September 13, 2003, 05:22:37 PM

uhhh, you said system tray right? not quicklaunch/start right?

I seemed to be confused on what you mean by "System Tray" :-)

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: TheReasonIFailed on September 14, 2003, 11:38:47 AM

system tray....the icons for all the things that are running in the background...next to the clock on the right side of the task bar.

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: Space Between on September 14, 2003, 06:35:02 PM

Then what does that scree shot have to do with anything?

The screenshot mention's nothing of the system tray.

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: TheReasonIFailed on September 15, 2003, 07:29:59 AM

Well,

According to Microsoft, Taskbar Notification Icons is another way to refer to the System Tray...as that's what I've been calling it since day 1 and seeing how checking the "Show Taskbar Identification Icons" brought back my System Tray, I'll assume that they're one in the same.

I can't help that....now can I?

Title: System Tray Icons Disappeared
Post by: llbandit on November 24, 2003, 04:52:41 PM

TheReasonIFailed

Just wanted to thank you for posting your fix. I had the same problem and no one could understand what I was talking about. Another good reason for leaving old posts posted... Thanks again. I'm now a member of this forum, as I found a quality answer here. Hope I can help someone else sometime as you have helped me.

John