How to Show ALL System Tray icons without selecting them one by one? See Print Screen for more details

win11freak · Feb 21, 2025

When I was running Windows 10, it had the option to select the to Show ALL System Tray icons by just toggling On the master switch or button.
As you can see my print screen I dont have this toggle switch to hid or show or all system tray apps or icons. I have to select or check them one by one as opposed to Windows 10 whee I had to just only toggle On or Off to show all system tray icons.

BamaInArk · Feb 21, 2025

If you Google it there is a workaround but I have yet to get it to work.

Kees · Feb 21, 2025

win11freak said:
I have to select or check them one by one as opposed to Windows 10 whee I had to just only toggle On or Off to show all system tray icons.

Possibly MS got complaints about that, because people accidently toggled On or Off for all and did not remember which ones were on before.
I myself have 32 possible apps to be switched on or off, of which 7 are switched on.
So I really would not like if the accidently I would switch them on all at the same time!

The button on top only is for showing the icon menu or not.

I can't imagine it's such a lot of work to toggle the switches one by one.
If you just know which ones you need. If you want them all, it's even more easy.

Tester · Feb 21, 2025

I have wrote c# code in my private application, that checks for any hidden items, and then unhide them. It runs in the background of the app once an hour.
I could re-write that in .bat / powershell if more people are interested in it...
Then once you manually run it, it will show all items, or make a scheduled task that runs once an hour. Then when an app installs itself and its hidden, it will be unhidden within the next hour...

I also have 30+ items that are in the list, but only 12 are shown. Some items i don't need on, and when you go into the application it self, and turn system tray icon off in there, it won't show the icon, even if its set on On in windows. And ofcouse not all application runs at the same time. Its not only apps that start with windows. Some need to be started manual, so you won't end up with 30icons in tray.

pseymour · Feb 21, 2025

Powershell:

Set-StrictMode -Version 'latest'
if (Test-Path -Path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\NotifyIconSettings')
{
    Get-ChildItem -Path 'HKCU:\Control Panel\NotifyIconSettings' |
    ForEach-Object {
        Set-ItemProperty -Path ($_.PSPath) -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue -Name 'IsPromoted' -Value 0x00000001
    }
}

# Set the taskbar to show the hidden icon arrow thingy (chevron).
New-Item -Path 'Registry::HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify' -Force | Out-Null
Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify' -Name 'SystemTrayChevronVisibility' -Value 0x1

Tester · Feb 21, 2025

I don't do this, as the arrow for me will disapear when all items are shown.

Powershell:

 Set-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify' -Name 'SystemTrayChevronVisibility' -Value 0x1

pseymour · Feb 21, 2025

Right, if you show all icons, the chevron disappears. But if a new app appears down there, it's good to have the chevron showing, to show you there's a new thing. If you hide the chevron, you don't see the new app.

Tester · Feb 21, 2025

What i mean is in a default windows 11 installation that setting is default set on 1. So not needed in the script. Only needed if people made a custom moddification to there system to hide that setting.

pseymour · Feb 21, 2025

Well that isn't what you said at all. Anyway, if you're going to set all the icons to show, it's a good idea to show the chevron, and that line takes care of that. If the value is already 1, then no harm done. Jeez.

hdmi · Feb 22, 2025

1. From an elevated command prompt, run:
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v EnableAutoTray /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

2. Run:
explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}

3. Check the checkbox at the bottom, and click on OK.

(This checkbox has no effect on Windows 11 unless you choose to apply the registry change from Step 1.)

BamaInArk · Feb 22, 2025

hdmi said:
1. From an elevated command prompt, run:
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v EnableAutoTray /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

2. Run:
explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}

3. Check the checkbox at the bottom, and click on OK.

View attachment 126193
(This checkbox has no effect on Windows 11 unless you choose to apply the registry change from Step 1.)

Aha....this is the first time I have seen the registry entry needed. I'd always tried the explorer shell entry but never worked.

hdmi · Feb 23, 2025

BamaInArk said:
Aha....this is the first time I have seen the registry entry needed. I'd always tried the explorer shell entry but never worked.

It isn't really needed IMO, as ExplorerPatcher's "Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher)" taskbar style option respects this checkbox regardless of whether the registry change has been applied.

There is nothing more lonesome, morbid or drear
than Windows 11 with no ExplorerPatcher.

Steve C · Feb 23, 2025

win11freak said:
When I was running Windows 10, it had the option to select the to Show ALL System Tray icons by just toggling On the master switch or button.
As you can see my print screen I dont have this toggle switch to hid or show or all system tray apps or icons. I have to select or check them one by one as opposed to Windows 10 whee I had to just only toggle On or Off to show all system tray icons.

View attachment 126072

This is standard software engineering progress by Microsoft following their manta If it aint broke then break it.

KAM1KAZ3 · Aug 31, 2025

hdmi said:
1. From an elevated command prompt, run:
reg add "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer" /v EnableAutoTray /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

2. Run:
explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}

3. Check the checkbox at the bottom, and click on OK.

View attachment 126193
(This checkbox has no effect on Windows 11 unless you choose to apply the registry change from Step 1.)

Unable to check the box on my machine after adding the reg key. The checkbox reacts to my clicking it, but doesn't become checked. And the icon list is empty.

hdmi · Sep 2, 2025

KAM1KAZ3 said:
Unable to check the box on my machine after adding the reg key. The checkbox reacts to my clicking it, but doesn't become checked. And the icon list is empty.

View attachment 144005

Yeah, looks like this reg tweak stopped working some time ago. I use ExplorerPatcher with its Taskbar style > "Windows 10 (ExplorerPatcher)" setting so the issue has never affected me—and it still doesn't.

BarryGuff · Jan 26, 2026

AlomWare Toolbox can do it: always show system tray icons in Windows 11?

I've got it set to show them on my Win 11 Pro machine and can confirm it works.

escape75 · Jan 28, 2026

If you just want a small app to toggle the setting for all tray apps you can try:

Tray Nforcer - Download and install on Windows | Microsoft Store

Have you ever wanted to have all the icons visible in the Windows 11 tray? Now you can! - with this super small, lightning fast, utility that unhides all the hidden tray icons. Whenever a new program is started and a tray icon is created you no longer have to un-hide it. This utility is meant...

apps.microsoft.com

Kees · Jan 29, 2026

escape75 said:
If you just want a small app to toggle the setting for all tray apps you can try: (Tray Nforcer)

I never would like to 'try' an app if I have to pay for in order to do the trial (which is the case with this app).
Would search for another app until I find an alternative that's free to try.
But perhaps you're the maker of this app and therefore have an interest in advertizing that app here.
Advertizing of non-free programs is forbidden here!

hdmi · Feb 1, 2026

Always show all taskbar tray icons, Always show all taskbar tray icons - Windhawk
Disable all tray icons for a specific application, Disable Tray Icons - Windhawk
Allow hiding of system icons: volume, network, battery, microphone, location/GPS, Studio Effects, language bar, notification bell, and "Show desktop", Taskbar tray system icon tweaks - Windhawk
Adjust the spacing between tray icons on the taskbar, and optionally have a grid of tray icons, Taskbar tray icon spacing and grid - Windhawk

Feuer · Feb 2, 2026

Code:

:: NotifyIconSettings [SHOW ALL]
for /f "tokens=*" %%A in (
  'REG QUERY "HKCU\Control Panel\NotifyIconSettings" ^| findstr /v "REG_" ^| findstr /v "NotifyIconSettings$"'
) do (
    REG ADD "%%A" /v "IsPromoted" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f >nul
)

:: SystemTrayChevronVisibility [ON]
REG ADD "HKCU\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify" /v "SystemTrayChevronVisibility" /t REG_DWORD /d "1" /f

.BAT file i use to show all system tray icons

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