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
    2022-11-12T07:10:15+00:00

    I have noticed this too when I wake my computer or after the screen goes blank for any reason my icons next to the time disappear but when I hover my mouse over them they reappear.. not a major issue but gets annoying. Running Windows 11 22H2 it didnt happen before the 22H2 update.

    Have an Intel 10700 cpu and auros 3070 video card

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-11-02T10:17:58+00:00

    I seem to have found a partial cure. I noticed that not every icon disappeared, just some. For those programs that were lacking a visible icon and left a gap, I updated to the very latest version or reloaded the app. So far this seems to have helped

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-11-02T10:09:55+00:00

    Using a Windows 11 Pro Dell desktop. Same thing here. I wonder if missing taskbar icons occur when resuming from a sleep state. When I perform a clean boot I don't seem to have the problem - something to check out. Still, would like this fixed permanently since it has been annoying me for a while.

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-11-01T18:33:00+00:00

    I am having the same problem since upgrading to Windows 11. I can get icons back by restarting Explorer and then they randomly disappear. Really irritating

    I think I now need to work out how to roll back to Windows 10

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-10-24T20:00:10+00:00

    Also having this issue since I updated Windows 22H2 & later

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