Not All Icons Showing In The System Tray??


I can have a varying number in the TRAY. It's just the first one that always disappears.
I can see the empty space where your invisible icon should be. Have you tried rearranging the order of the icons in the tray? What happens if you click and drag one of the visible ones to the first position? Can you drag the invisible one to the left? Does it then become visible and another one disappears?
 

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System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Acer Aspire 3 A315-23
    CPU
    AMD Athlon Silver 3050U
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Radeon Graphics
    Monitor(s) Displays
    laptop screen
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768 native resolution, up to 2560x1440 with Radeon Virtual Super Resolution
    Hard Drives
    1TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD
    Internet Speed
    50 Mbps
    Browser
    Edge, Firefox
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    Defender
    Other Info
    fully 'Windows 11 ready' laptop. Windows 10 C: partition migrated from my old unsupported 'main machine' then upgraded to 11. A test migration ran Insider builds for 2 months. When 11 was released on 5th October it was re-imaged back to 10 and was offered the upgrade in Windows Update on 20th October. Windows Update offered the 22H2 Feature Update on 20th September 2022. It got the 23H2 Feature Update on 4th November 2023 through Windows Update.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
  • Operating System
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Lattitude E4310
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-520M
    Motherboard
    0T6M8G
    Memory
    8GB
    Graphics card(s)
    (integrated graphics) Intel HD Graphics
    Screen Resolution
    1366x768
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial MX500 SSD
    Browser
    Firefox, Edge
    Antivirus
    Defender
    Other Info
    unsupported machine: Legacy bios, MBR, TPM 1.2, upgraded from W10 to W11 using W10/W11 hybrid install media workaround. In-place upgrade to 22H2 using ISO and a workaround. Feature Update to 23H2 by manually installing the Enablement Package.

    My SYSTEM THREE is a Dell Latitude 5410, i7-10610U, 32GB RAM, 512GB ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro (and all my Hyper-V VMs).

    My SYSTEM FOUR is a 2-in-1 convertible Lenovo Yoga 11e 20DA, Celeron N2930, 4GB RAM, 256GB ssd. Unsupported device: currently running Win10 Pro, plus Win11 Pro RTM and Insider Beta as native boot vhdx.

    My SYSTEM FIVE is a Dell Latitude 3190 2-in-1, Pentium Silver N5030, 4GB RAM, 512GB NVMe ssd, supported device running Windows 11 Pro, plus the Insider Beta, Dev, and Canary builds as a native boot .vhdx.
Hi,

those problems often appeared in WIN 7. I have an old Laptop with WIndows 7 (32 bit) on it for my old astronomy programs.
I kept on this laptop a registry script called "System Tray cleanup" which I found on the net longtime ago.

I have opened it in Notepad and can copy the script here. It contains, in addition to the "resetting of the notification area" mentionned above, some additional registry "hacks". I do not think, it can do any harm.

PLEASE make a (registry) BACKUP however.

Copy the following text into Notepad and save it as "System Tray cleanup" for instance and save it not as a ".txt file", but as a ".reg file" (with the .reg extension). It will then show a green icon. Then run the script.

Here is the text:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify]
"PastIconsStream"=-
"IconStreams"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSaveSettings"=-
"NoTrayItemsDisplay"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoSaveSettings"=-
"NoTrayItemsDisplay"=-

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System]
"DisableTaskMgr"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ShellServiceObjectDelayLoad]
"SysTray"="{35CEC8A3-2BE6-11D2-8773-92E220524153}"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"DisableLocalUserRun"=-

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]
"SystemTray"=-

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Good luck (but no guarantee)

Roger
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    WIN 11 / WIN 10 dual boot
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    No clue (x64 based) from 2016
    CPU
    Intel Pentium G 4400 (Skylake)
    Motherboard
    MS 7971, Bios: American Megatrend C.E0 (2018)
    Memory
    DDR4 12 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    internal (Intel HD 510)
    Hard Drives
    2x Western Digital (no SSD)
Hello swerd,

I'm having the same problem (I posted about it yesterday) although in my case it isn't the actual system tray, but rather the task bar to the left of the system tray. At any rate, document icons are disappearing when I open other documents and so I can't access the first files that I opened. I was just wondering if you've managed to resolve the situation. I can get around it by making all of the task bar icons smaller (registry fix), but then the icons in the notification area/system tray are no longer aligned horizontally and the clock is only partially visible (because I have set it to show dual times).
Florio
 
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System One

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP Pavilion
    Mouse
    HP wireless rechargeable
    Browser
    Firefox
    Antivirus
    Iobit Malware Fighter (with BitDefender engine)
I was just wondering if you've managed to resolve the situation

Nope, still the same. I hope MS is on this though.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    CPU
    QuadCore Intel Core i5-10210U, 3300 MHz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo ThinkPad E15
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon RX 640, Intel(R) UHD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Conexant CX8070 @ Intel Comet Point-LP PCH - cAVS
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1080p
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 (256 GB)
    ST2000LM007-1R8174 (2 TB, 5400 RPM, SATA-III)
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    Firefox / Chrome / Edge / Vivaldi
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    Bitdefender Total Security
OK.

I updated to 22H2 hoping the issue will be gone.. It's still there.

I am a bit disappointed. :(
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    CPU
    QuadCore Intel Core i5-10210U, 3300 MHz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo ThinkPad E15
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon RX 640, Intel(R) UHD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Conexant CX8070 @ Intel Comet Point-LP PCH - cAVS
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1080p
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 (256 GB)
    ST2000LM007-1R8174 (2 TB, 5400 RPM, SATA-III)
    Browser
    Firefox / Chrome / Edge / Vivaldi
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security
This is finally fixed, in the moment 2 update.

Happy now!
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Lenovo
    CPU
    QuadCore Intel Core i5-10210U, 3300 MHz
    Motherboard
    Lenovo ThinkPad E15
    Memory
    16GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    AMD Radeon RX 640, Intel(R) UHD Graphics
    Sound Card
    Conexant CX8070 @ Intel Comet Point-LP PCH - cAVS
    Screen Resolution
    1920 X 1080p
    Hard Drives
    SAMSUNG MZVLB256HBHQ-000L7 (256 GB)
    ST2000LM007-1R8174 (2 TB, 5400 RPM, SATA-III)
    Browser
    Firefox / Chrome / Edge / Vivaldi
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security

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