Icons on systray disappear from time to time

M Shafaat <poppy2.TakeThisOut@comhem.se> wrote on Thu, 15 Nov 2007:

>Hi,
>I want to know why many icons such as volume control, anti-virus, etc.
>disappear sometimes from systray, while I know that the related programs are
>active. During the latest month this has happened more frequently. Can I do
>anything about it?
>
This happens to me occasionally (once every couple of months or so).
I've read that those who, like me, use automatic logon, bypassing the
Welcome screen, can be prone to it.

I find that logging off and on again usually brings back the missing
icons and they then stay put until the next time

--
Nightowl

Yes I am sure that the icons are not hidden behind the arrow. This has been
an issue for a long time, even in earlier generations of Windows. I forgot
to say that I run Windows XP Por SP2.

M Shafaat


"Jackie" <i_hunt_down_spammers RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:DAB0CE2F-B442-4C3D-9CE5-84E510DCC14D@microsoft.com...
> Are you sure they're not just hidden behind the arrow to the left of the
> tray
> (the arrow that should say, "Show hidden icons" when you hover your mouse
> over it)? Click on the arrow and you should be able to briefly see the
> ones
> that are missing.
> --
> Jackie
>
>
> "M Shafaat" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I want to know why many icons such as volume control, anti-virus, etc.
>> disappear sometimes from systray, while I know that the related programs
>> are
>> active. During the latest month this has happened more frequently. Can I
>> do
>> anything about it?
>>
>>
>>
>> Best regards
>> M Shafaat
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

When problem software causes the explorer to restart, the program that
put the icon in the notification area continued running in the
background may not restore it when explorer returns. You may replicate
this by stopping and starting explorer.exe using task Manager.

M Shafaat wrote:

> Yes I am sure that the icons are not hidden behind the arrow. This has been
> an issue for a long time, even in earlier generations of Windows. I forgot
> to say that I run Windows XP Por SP2.
>
> M Shafaat
>
>
> "Jackie" <i_hunt_down_spammers.DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:DAB0CE2F-B442-4C3D-9CE5-84E510DCC14D@microsoft.com...
>
>>Are you sure they're not just hidden behind the arrow to the left of the
>>tray
>>(the arrow that should say, "Show hidden icons" when you hover your mouse
>>over it)? Click on the arrow and you should be able to briefly see the
>>ones
>>that are missing.
>>--
>>Jackie
>>
>>
>>"M Shafaat" wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>I want to know why many icons such as volume control, anti-virus, etc.
>>>disappear sometimes from systray, while I know that the related programs
>>>are
>>>active. During the latest month this has happened more frequently. Can I
>>>do
>>>anything about it?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Best regards
>>>M Shafaat
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
>