Icons Keep Disappearing From Taskbar - Windows 11

Anonymous
2022-09-07T13:59:50+00:00

I upgraded from Windows 10 to Windows 11 a few months ago, and ever since I've been having a problem where the icons disappear from the taskbar. It happens while I'm using the laptop as well as when it comes out of hibernation.

I know this can be fixed temporarily by restarting Windows Explorer in the task manager, but this is happening several times a day and it's getting annoying. Is there a permenant fix yet?

I'm using Windows 11 Home version 21H2 build 22000.856 on a HP laptop with an Intel i5 1035G1 processor and 8GB of RAM. The problem didn't exist when I was running Windows 10.

Thanks.

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  1. Anonymous
    2025-03-18T21:17:24+00:00

    Call me old school, but I like the Windows 7 style start menu, so I have been using StartIsBack since Windows 10 with no problems. When I upgraded to Windows 11, I started using using StartAllBack (Win 11 version) with no problem. I decided to try out the Windows 11 Start Menu on my Dell Desktop (I liked it on my HP Laptop) and uninstalled StartAllBack. Within a day I had taskbar icons not showing up. I found a way to add the Explorer restart to the desktop right-click menu, but the disappearing icons were too annoying so I reinstalled StartAllBack and no issues with icons not showing. So, I use StartAllBack on my Desktop and the standard Windows 11 start button and taskbar on my laptop.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-12-25T19:02:23+00:00

    The icons kept disappearing on mine pc too. But it has stopped disappearing now, i think its because i cleared some system files, I used my antivirus program to clear the files, maybe you can use ccleaner?
    I cleared the temp folder, logfiles for windows update, microsoft internet explorer buffer and temp system folder.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-11-30T12:43:32+00:00

    Same here. 24H2 brand new Lenovo laptop and icons disappear. After over thirty years, the shell team STILL didn't get the basics right.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-10-08T14:22:02+00:00

    Can confirm, it makes the icons to appear again. I click on an app's missing icon, then minimize the app window and the icon appears again.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-09-09T14:03:40+00:00

    Dear grains66,in this case I suggest you download the Intel Driver & Support Assistant app to check for updates for the Intel graphics driver:

    https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support...

    Do a clean install of NVIDIA drivers;

    Download and run the latest driver package for your video card:https://www.nvidia.com/Download/driverResults.a...

    Follow the onscreen instructions until you get the Installation Options window;

    Select the Custom (Advanced) box and press Next;

    On the next screen, you will be able to choose the components to install (all should be checked by default and if you're not sure, leave them that way);

    In the Select driver component table, check the Perform a clean installation box and click Next;

    Restart Windows Explorer again in Device Manager and check if the problem still persists;

    Hope this helps, see you soon!

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