Icons Keep Disappearing From Taskbar - Windows 11

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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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Anonymous

2022-09-07T14:04:34+00:00

Are these app shortcuts?

There is no win problem, any such issue is specific to your system
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Anonymous

2022-09-07T14:41:32+00:00

Hello grains66, welcome to the Microsoft community, I'll be happy to help you today;

I understand that the taskbar icons randomly disappear while using the PC;

What exactly is the model and manufacturer of your HP PC graphics card?

Before answering this question I suggest that you make sure you are up to date with the latest version of Windows 11;

Press Windows key + i and go to Windows Update;

Click Check for updates and do ALL pending updates;

Run the system file checker;

Click on the Windows search bar and type: CMD

The result of the search for CMD (Command Prompt) will be displayed, click Run as administrator;

Copy and paste the commands below by pressing Enter after typing each command line:

Sfc /ScanNow

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

Dism /Online /Cleanup-image /RestoreHealth

Wait for the process to finish and restart the pc;

Check if the problem has been fixed;

I hope I helped, even more!
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Anonymous

2022-09-08T20:32:46+00:00

Hi, thank you for replying.

My graphics are Intel UHD Graphics and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050. The laptop is a HP Pavilion 15-cs3001na.

I ran system file checker, rebooted and an hour later my taskbar looked like this, with missing icons again.
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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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Anonymous

2022-09-11T17:05:32+00:00

I checked and reinstalled the drivers yesterday, and I thought it had solved it but it's just happened again.

I know it's not just me with the issue, but I'm starting to think there is no permanent fix and maybe some systems just aren't quite suitable to upgrade to Windows 11. We have a new laptop, that came with Windows 11 preinstalled and that doesn't have any problems.
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