Why is my Action Center tray icon missing?

Anonymous
2012-05-12T09:03:35+00:00

My Action Center tray icon is missing for a while and even after I right click and click properties on the tray, I can't turn it back on since it's grayed out. I tried methods of editing the registry, but no luck.

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-12-03T11:00:12+00:00

    THe action center button is frozen in grey colour Please help!

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  2. Anonymous
    2017-02-14T14:31:27+00:00

    thanks its all done not its working

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  3. Anonymous
    2017-02-11T22:39:32+00:00

    You have to reset your pc...

    This five (5) year-old thread concerned a Windows 7 computer, not a Windows 10 (or Win8.1) computer.

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  4. Anonymous
    2016-12-07T16:01:31+00:00

    Mine is a Windows 10 issue. I'll continue in my thread only.

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  5. Anonymous
    2012-08-16T00:01:02+00:00

    On a clean computer, within the following...

    Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Notification Area Icons\System Icons

    ...I've been observing the Action Center Behaviors column, while adjusting the expected registry key:

    [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]

    "HideSCAHealth"=dword:00000001

    After setting the above registry value and restarting Explorer.exe (or logging off then on), the Action Center Behaviors column becomes off and greyed out, as expected.

    Once in this state, removing the registry key value, or setting it to zero, and restarting Explorer.exe does NOT return the Action Center Behavior column back the the expected state (On and not greyed out).

    If I use gpedit.msc (this is on Windows 7 Enterprise) and adjust the following item...

    User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar > Remove the Action Center icon

    ...to disabled, leave the system icons page and go back to it (note no need to restart Explorer.exe), the Action Center Behavior column is now On and not grayed out.

    The question is, what is gpedit.msc doing, in addition to changing the registry key, so that we can apply this to a Windows 7 Home Premium edition machine, which doesn't have gpedit.msc?

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