Windows Vista Task bar Notification Area problem

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I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit. Lately, the notification area of my
taskbar is like a slot machine. There's no telling which of my icons will
decide to appear there with a reboot. The latest antics are by the Network
and Volume Control icons, Sometimes they appear, sometimes one or the
other, and sometimes neither one. Also, when one or both of them are
absent, the Task Bar options to display them are grayed out, so no help
there. A reboot or 2 will usually get everything back, but it's an
unnecessary hassle in my opinion.

With XP, there was a small program called Task Bar Repair Tool that would
quickly fix any such problems, rare though they were. Has anyone heard of
something like this for Vista?

Thanx,

Buddha
 
Re: Task bar Notification Area problem


Hello Buddha,

The icons may have gotten corrupted. Try resetting them to see if that
helps.

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/99008-notification-icons-reset.html


You might also check to see if the icon is set as "Hide when inactive".

http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/76913-notification-icons-customize.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn

Buddha;851046 Wrote:
> I have Vista Home Premium 32 bit. Lately, the notification area of my
> taskbar is like a slot machine. There's no telling which of my icons
> will
> decide to appear there with a reboot. The latest antics are by the
> Network
> and Volume Control icons, Sometimes they appear, sometimes one or the
> other, and sometimes neither one. Also, when one or both of them are
> absent, the Task Bar options to display them are grayed out, so no help
> there. A reboot or 2 will usually get everything back, but it's an
> unnecessary hassle in my opinion.
>
> With XP, there was a small program called Task Bar Repair Tool that
> would
> quickly fix any such problems, rare though they were. Has anyone heard
> of
> something like this for Vista?
>
> Thanx,
>
> Buddha


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Re: Task bar Notification Area problem


Often simply stopping and restarting explorer.exe in Task Manager will
cure the problem.


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