Some icons in Task bar have lost the appropriate picture


OAT said:
No reason to apologize Tom, if you press WinKey + R, paste the path I gave you and press enter, you will find the location of your taskbar icons.
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Hi OAT. I knew that!! But my memory didn't. Did that and it only lists some of my 13 icons for the taskbar! The directory Tombstones, whatever that is, is empty. Do I add programmes here?
 

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Tombar said:
Hi OAT. I knew that!! But my memory didn't. Did that and it only lists some of my 13 icons for the taskbar! The directory Tombstones, whatever that is, is empty. Do I add programmes here?
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Shortcut of programs, not the program executables.
A restart of Explorer is needed for the changes to stick.
 

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OAT said:
Shortcut of programs, not the program executables.
A restart of Explorer is needed for the changes to stick.
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Why does it only list 5 out of the 13 icons on the Task bar?
 

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Tombar said:
Why does it only list 5 out of the 13 icons on the Task bar?
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Was File Explorer restarted as posted or did you log out/in?

taskbr.webp
Taskbar with corresponding folder with shortcuts.
folder.webp
 

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OAT said:
Was File Explorer restarted as posted or did you log out/in?
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Hi, OAT. What I meant was that, currently without making any changes, I only have 5 apps in this list, but have 13 icons on the Taskbar. Why is this?
 

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Tombar said:
Hi, OAT. What I meant was that, currently without making any changes, I only have 5 apps in this list, but have 13 icons on the Taskbar. Why is this?
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Tom, I have no idea.
All I can tell you is that it works for me.
 

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Update.
Got the Files icon back by reinstalling Files.

Then found DISM Restorehealth couldn't find the source files, so had to do a repair installation of Wi 11 from iso and the Settings icon is now back!

Edit 5 June 2025 And the bloody things have gone again! Different icons this time - Google Photos and Scan
Apps Repair got Scan back
 
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Tombar said:
Update.
Got the Files icon back by reinstalling Files.

Then found DISM Restorehealth couldn't find the source files, so had to do a repair installation of Wi 11 from iso and the Settings icon is now back!
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yep! good!
 

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Tombar said:
And now it's the Snipping Tool icon on the taskbar that is just a grey square!
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Tom,
In Settings/Apps, try to repair or Reset the app.
Then sign out and back in to see if it' any better.

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