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
    2023-10-19T18:11:39+00:00

    Good afternoon, October 19, 2023! Any response or offer for assistance from Microsoft? (looks around). NOPE! Still an issue.

    Thanks so much for your concern for us Windows Users who put money in your pockets. Maybe we should STOP DOING THAT!

    Side note... I've read through so many articles and fixes and tried them all. My icons still randomly vanish. I keep my Task Manager open now so I can quickly restart Windows Explorer when it happens multiple times each day. Plenty of temporary workarounds. No actual Fixes for this issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-09-27T01:23:25+00:00

    A quick workaround the worked in my machine without fail:

    I simply drag and drop any desktop shortcuts on my taskbar and the icons magically reappears.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-09-16T18:06:51+00:00

    Ah yes, an issue with Windows that numerous people are having. Definitely must be an issue on our end, no way it's a problem with Windows.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-09-09T07:02:22+00:00

    Try step 4 ("Method 4. Recreate Icons Cache Database") on this site:
    https://www.wintips.org/fix-taskbar-icons-missing-on-windows-11-solved/

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