Power/Battery Icon Missing from System Tray Windows 7

Anonymous
2011-03-27T18:46:29+00:00

I have lost my power/battery icon from the system tray.  I've tried a few of the things listed on here but is still seems to be giving me trouble.

Like many others here, it is grayed out and selected to "off".  I'm not sure what to do now.

I have an ASUS laptop with Windows 7 Home Premium.

I happened to notice this at about the same time (thought it might be coincidence) that I removed Kasperskey and added Norton 360.

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Anonymous
2011-04-07T23:27:57+00:00

I've had this problem on and off since I had Windows Vista.  It doesn't happen as often now that I have Windows 7.  This is what I do...I open the "Windows Task Manager" by pressing "Ctrl + Alt + Del" or pressing "Shift and Ctrl" keys together then press "Esc".  Click the "Processes" tab and looked for "**explorer.exe".**Select that and click "End Process" at the bottom.  The taskbar and the entire system tray will be gone, but that's okay.  You will go back to the Windows Task Manager.  This time in the "Applications" tab, click on "New Task" button.  Type "explorer.exe".  The Sound and Battery/Power icons will reappear.  Hope this helps.  =)

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  1. Anonymous
    2011-12-11T13:25:38+00:00

    Worked like a charm, thanks!

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  2. Anonymous
    2011-04-10T17:51:20+00:00

    Hi RandyAusbern,

    Try the suggestions in my reply above as those are the usual

    methods to permanently solve this issue.

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  3. Anonymous
    2011-04-10T15:55:51+00:00

    Thanks Lexie for the suggestion.  I gave it a try but that too didn't work.

    I'll keep trying.

    Randy

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  4. Anonymous
    2011-04-02T03:47:14+00:00

    I have come across a couple of articles that discuss the affects of third party programs/even desktop icons on W7 aero, just a thought. I do remember reading about the greying out of features?

    Have you downloaded or installed anything that you can link to the time you started having the issue.

    Try disabeling areo and enable.

    Good luck.

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