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
    2023-01-09T04:54:21+00:00

    It was happening to me all the time too. Did a clean install of Windows 11 and still the icons disappeared. Did another fresh install of Windows 11 a few months ago because I was still having seperate computer issues and it hasnt happened for 2 months... the only thing I can think of thats different this time is I didnt link my microsoft account to the computer to sign in.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-01-08T22:38:48+00:00

    I still have this issue. Any solutions or tips to try?

    Nvidia drivers are up to update

    scf scan and DISM commands all done too

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-01-01T10:39:23+00:00

    Same issue here. Clean install of Windows 10, then an automatic update to Windows 11 (and unwanted by the way, thank you Microsoft).

    Now the icons on the taskbar keep disappearing. Doesn't seem to be a new issue either, reports have been around since mid 2021.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-12-29T16:03:42+00:00

    In my case shorter hibernations make the lock screen background image disappear, whereas after longer ones both the background and the taskbar icons are gone.

    Win11 Pro

    Asus Vivobook Pro 16X M7600QE

    Ryzen R9 5900HX

    32GB of RAM

    Nvidia RTX 3050Ti Laptop GPU

    1TB NVME SSD

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-12-26T09:54:58+00:00

    Same issue here.

    OS Name Microsoft Windows 11 Pro

    Version 10.0.22621 Build 22621

    System Manufacturer ASUS

    System Type x64-based PC

    Processor 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-13900K, 3000 Mhz, 24 Core(s), 32 Logical Processor(s)

    BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 0502, 9/20/2022

    BaseBoard Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

    BaseBoard Product ROG STRIX Z790-F GAMING WIFI

    Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 64.0 GB

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