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
    2024-03-21T16:13:57+00:00

    Having this same problem on my Surface Pro 8, has been an intermittent issue since purchase. Now, it never goes away. Driver install, system check, Windows update, restarting explorer, nothing. Can't even blame this on myself, as I've been using the surface completely normally, and I didn't even make the choice to upgrade. Just hoping my desktop doesn't encounter the same issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-03-21T13:20:32+00:00

    Well after doing this,

    (This is in Windows 11)

    Right click open desktop space, and select;

    • PERSONALIZATION,
    • TASKBAR,
    • TASKBAR BEHAVIORS, Then toggle either,
    • SHOW MY TASKBAR ON ALL DISPLAYS, or,
    • SHARE ANY WINDOW FROM MY TASKBAR (I toggled both, but don’t remember which one actually fixed it.)

    The icons disappeared only one more time on Nov 7th, but not again since then... Strange!

    Show My Taskbar on all displays is greyed out and not able to select it..

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-03-21T13:13:36+00:00

    This option is greyed out and unavailable for me to select.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-03-14T08:50:13+00:00

    For me Steps to reproduce:

    1. Ensure you have multiple desktops
    2. Open the same app on two desktops
    3. Open apps on one desktop but no the others
    4. Switch between them

    The apps on one desktop and not on the other lose their icons

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-29T03:07:45+00:00

    I have experienced this issue for quite some time - icons randomly disappear, and they don't reappear until I left-click on the icon in the taskbar. This was an issue in Windows 10 and has persisted into Windows 11. In the first screenshot, I am hovering my cursor over the Discord app, which is pinned in my taskbar. When I click on it, the logo reappears. You can see this in the second screenshot.

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