System Tray Icon Disappear

Hi All,

Recently I noticed that my system tray icons left only one shown and the
rest disappear, I have check all to "Always show", can anyone here give me
a help?

Thanks
Marks

[Ron Bogart]

In ,
Marks <Marks> did some thinking and came up with these words:
> Hi All,
>
> Recently I noticed that my system tray icons left only one shown and
> the rest disappear, I have check all to "Always show", can anyone
> here give me a help?
>
> Thanks
> Marks

Right click the Taskbar and choose Properties. Is there a check in the box
for "Hide inactive icons?" If so - remove the check and it should clear the
issue.

--
Ron Bogart {} ô¿ô¬
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
"Life is what happens while we are making other plans."

It doesn't work.

"Ron Bogart" > wrote in message
...
> In ,
> Marks <Marks> did some thinking and came up with these words:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Recently I noticed that my system tray icons left only one shown and
>> the rest disappear, I have check all to "Always show", can anyone
>> here give me a help?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Marks
>
> Right click the Taskbar and choose Properties. Is there a check in the
> box
> for "Hide inactive icons?" If so - remove the check and it should clear
> the
> issue.
>
> --
> Ron Bogart {} ô¿ô¬
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> "Life is what happens while we are making other plans."
>
>
>

[thepeartree]

What may have happened is that the icon cache has become corrupt. Download
the XP version of Microsoft Powertoys and install TweakUI. The last item in
the TweakUI menu- Repair, has an option to 'Rebuild icons'. Pick that one,
reboot , and it should take care of the problem.

"Marks" wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> Recently I noticed that my system tray icons left only one shown and the
> rest disappear, I have check all to "Always show", can anyone here give me
> a help?
>
> Thanks
> Marks
>
>
>
>

[Alex Nichol]

<Marks> wrote:

>
>Recently I noticed that my system tray icons left only one shown and the
>rest disappear, I have check all to "Always show", can anyone here give me
>a help?

It can get in a muddle (and BTW it has nothing to do with the 'icon
cache'). Kelly has a Taskbar repair tool on her site -
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
and top line, and I suggest giving that a try


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[Guydpb]

Has indeed nothing to do with icon cache. Now we're talking about the "system tray" > R and not the shortcuts on the L in the taskbar.
This system tray icons disappearing is a permanent problem that I've had now since the beginning (different reinstalls of XP on different HD). Sometimes not all the icons load at startup (the ones that always load are the AV and firewall icons !). If I see one that's not loaded at startup I go to the TaskMan and close the program then reopen it and always the icon appears. While the PC is running they mostly disappear (not all), without reappearing if the PC has much graphic work to do. A reboot puts them back of course. The Kelly utility can only bring them back "once", but the next time the PC is under heavy strain it's the same old thing. I've come to live with this problem and as long as I don't ask to much of my OS they stay there.
Marks wrote:


Recently I noticed that my system tray icons left only one shown and the
rest disappear, I have check all to "Always show", can anyone here give me
a help?

It can get in a muddle (and BTW it has nothing to do with the 'icon
cache'). Kelly has a Taskbar repair tool on her site -
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
and top line, and I suggest giving that a try


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)

[Paul]

I'm having the same issue as guydpb but am choosing not to accept it as
readily. My laptop is a virtually new Dell with plenty of power to run what I
need and the sys tray icons are not loading on the initial boot. After a log
out and log back in they all come up but this is rediculous that after a few
months they would just quit loading... this is with the system set for faster
performance and no "pretty XP" features turned on.

If anyone has any more specific input as to how to go about fixing this
issue please chime in. Thanks much.

- Paul


"Guydpb" wrote:

>
> Has indeed nothing to do with icon cache. Now we're talking about the
> "system tray" > R and not the shortcuts on the L in the taskbar.
> This system tray icons disappearing is a permanent problem that I've
> had now since the beginning (different reinstalls of XP on different
> HD). Sometimes not all the icons load at startup (the ones that always
> load are the AV and firewall icons !). If I see one that's not loaded
> at startup I go to the TaskMan and close the program then reopen it and
> always the icon appears. While the PC is running they mostly disappear
> (not all), without reappearing if the PC has much graphic work to do. A
> reboot puts them back of course. The Kelly utility can only bring them
> back "once", but the next time the PC is under heavy strain it's the
> same old thing. I've come to live with this problem and as long as I
> don't ask to much of my OS they stay there.
> Alex Nichol Wrote:
> > Marks wrote:
> > -
> >
> > Recently I noticed that my system tray icons left only one shown and
> > the
> > rest disappear, I have check all to "Always show", can anyone here give
> > me
> > a help?-
> >
> > It can get in a muddle (and BTW it has nothing to do with the 'icon
> > cache'). Kelly has a Taskbar repair tool on her site -
> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
> > and top line, and I suggest giving that a try
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
> > Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)
>
>
> --
> Guydpb
>

[Guydpb]

I'm having the same issue as guydpb but am choosing not to accept it as
readily. My laptop is a virtually new Dell with plenty of power to run what I
need and the sys tray icons are not loading on the initial boot. After a log
out and log back in they all come up but this is rediculous that after a few
months they would just quit loading... this is with the system set for faster
performance and no "pretty XP" features turned on.

If anyone has any more specific input as to how to go about fixing this
issue please chime in. Thanks much.

- Paul


"Guydpb" wrote:


Has indeed nothing to do with icon cache. Now we're talking about the
"system tray" R and not the shortcuts on the L in the taskbar.
This system tray icons disappearing is a permanent problem that I've
had now since the beginning (different reinstalls of XP on different
HD). Sometimes not all the icons load at startup (the ones that always
load are the AV and firewall icons !). If I see one that's not loaded
at startup I go to the TaskMan and close the program then reopen it and
always the icon appears. While the PC is running they mostly disappear
(not all), without reappearing if the PC has much graphic work to do. A
reboot puts them back of course. The Kelly utility can only bring them
back "once", but the next time the PC is under heavy strain it's the
same old thing. I've come to live with this problem and as long as I
don't ask to much of my OS they stay there.
Alex Nichol Wrote:
Marks wrote:
-

Recently I noticed that my system tray icons left only one shown and
the
rest disappear, I have check all to "Always show", can anyone here give
me
a help?-

It can get in a muddle (and BTW it has nothing to do with the 'icon
cache'). Kelly has a Taskbar repair tool on her site -
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
and top line, and I suggest giving that a try


--
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)


--
Guydpb




Interesting to notice that even PC's with enough "resources" have the same problem (mine is only 1Gb and 500Mb SDram). The thing I do now is the following: I let autostart as few programs automatically on start up, this way there are few icons that have to be loade on startup. Start the programs one by one; if an icon disappears while working it doesn't mean the programs closed. Just hit Ctrl-Alt-delete, close the program and restart it, the icon will reappear i/t systray. And remember as mentioned the "Kelly program" does not solve this issue. Neither can Dell change anything about it. It's Microsoft's OS. There's a very good program (freeware) to watch and uncheck the start up items at www.mlin.net called "Startup monitor". Hope this helps.

[Kelly]

Common issue.

Troubleshooting the Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm#na

Troubleshooting the Volume Control Icon
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_v.htm#volume

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com


"Paul" > wrote in message
...
> I'm having the same issue as guydpb but am choosing not to accept it as
> readily. My laptop is a virtually new Dell with plenty of power to run
> what I
> need and the sys tray icons are not loading on the initial boot. After a
> log
> out and log back in they all come up but this is rediculous that after a
> few
> months they would just quit loading... this is with the system set for
> faster
> performance and no "pretty XP" features turned on.
>
> If anyone has any more specific input as to how to go about fixing this
> issue please chime in. Thanks much.
>
> - Paul
>
>
> "Guydpb" wrote:
>
>>
>> Has indeed nothing to do with icon cache. Now we're talking about the
>> "system tray" > R and not the shortcuts on the L in the taskbar.
>> This system tray icons disappearing is a permanent problem that I've
>> had now since the beginning (different reinstalls of XP on different
>> HD). Sometimes not all the icons load at startup (the ones that always
>> load are the AV and firewall icons !). If I see one that's not loaded
>> at startup I go to the TaskMan and close the program then reopen it and
>> always the icon appears. While the PC is running they mostly disappear
>> (not all), without reappearing if the PC has much graphic work to do. A
>> reboot puts them back of course. The Kelly utility can only bring them
>> back "once", but the next time the PC is under heavy strain it's the
>> same old thing. I've come to live with this problem and as long as I
>> don't ask to much of my OS they stay there.
>> Alex Nichol Wrote:
>> > Marks wrote:
>> > -
>> >
>> > Recently I noticed that my system tray icons left only one shown and
>> > the
>> > rest disappear, I have check all to "Always show", can anyone here give
>> > me
>> > a help?-
>> >
>> > It can get in a muddle (and BTW it has nothing to do with the 'icon
>> > cache'). Kelly has a Taskbar repair tool on her site -
>> > http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
>> > and top line, and I suggest giving that a try
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
>> > Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)
>>
>>
>> --
>> Guydpb
>>

[Kelly]

Icons are missing or disappear, reappear: This happens for most Auto-Logon
users.

Methods/workarounds: Log off and Log back on, password protect your account
or disable SSDP and uPNP Services.

Disable SSDP and uPNP Services (Line 156)
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com


"Guydpb" > wrote in message
...
>
> Paul Wrote:
>> I'm having the same issue as guydpb but am choosing not to accept it as
>> readily. My laptop is a virtually new Dell with plenty of power to run
>> what I
>> need and the sys tray icons are not loading on the initial boot. After
>> a log
>> out and log back in they all come up but this is rediculous that after
>> a few
>> months they would just quit loading... this is with the system set for
>> faster
>> performance and no "pretty XP" features turned on.
>>
>> If anyone has any more specific input as to how to go about fixing
>> this
>> issue please chime in. Thanks much.
>>
>> - Paul
>>
>>
>> "Guydpb" wrote:
>> -
>>
>> Has indeed nothing to do with icon cache. Now we're talking about the
>> "system tray" R and not the shortcuts on the L in the taskbar.
>> This system tray icons disappearing is a permanent problem that I've
>> had now since the beginning (different reinstalls of XP on different
>> HD). Sometimes not all the icons load at startup (the ones that
>> always
>> load are the AV and firewall icons !). If I see one that's not loaded
>> at startup I go to the TaskMan and close the program then reopen it
>> and
>> always the icon appears. While the PC is running they mostly
>> disappear
>> (not all), without reappearing if the PC has much graphic work to do.
>> A
>> reboot puts them back of course. The Kelly utility can only bring
>> them
>> back "once", but the next time the PC is under heavy strain it's the
>> same old thing. I've come to live with this problem and as long as I
>> don't ask to much of my OS they stay there.
>> Alex Nichol Wrote:-
>> Marks wrote:
>> -
>>
>> Recently I noticed that my system tray icons left only one shown and
>> the
>> rest disappear, I have check all to "Always show", can anyone here
>> give
>> me
>> a help?-
>>
>> It can get in a muddle (and BTW it has nothing to do with the 'icon
>> cache'). Kelly has a Taskbar repair tool on her site -
>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util
>> and top line, and I suggest giving that a try
>>
>>
>> --
>> Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
>> Bournemouth, U.K. (remove the D8 bit)-
>>
>>
>> --
>> Guydpb
>> -
>
>
>
> Interesting to notice that even PC's with enough "resources" have the
> same problem (mine is only 1Gb and 500Mb SDram). The thing I do now is
> the following: I let autostart as few programs automatically on start
> up, this way there are few icons that have to be loade on startup.
> Start the programs one by one; if an icon disappears while working it
> doesn't mean the programs closed. Just hit Ctrl-Alt-delete, close the
> program and restart it, the icon will reappear i/t systray. And
> remember as mentioned the "Kelly program" does not solve this issue.
> Neither can Dell change anything about it. It's Microsoft's OS. There's
> a very good program (freeware) to watch and uncheck the start up items
> at www.mlin.net called "Startup monitor". Hope this helps.
>
>
> --
> Guydpb