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
    2024-01-04T15:30:46+00:00

    A workaround I have found is to temporarily change the refresh rate of the display and then revert to its earlier rate.

    This takes only a few seconds:

    1. When you see your taskbar has no icons, for example after waking from sleep, then right-click it or click the desktop.
    2. From the pop-up which appears, select Display Settings.
    3. Click on Advanced Display.
    4. Choose a different refresh rate.
    5. Click the Revert button.

    There you go, the icons will (should?) all be back.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-04T17:20:30+00:00

    I'm of the opinion on these bugs the word Micro & Soft apply to their level of intellect to fix this.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-04T17:26:39+00:00

    damn, I was so optimistic for this work around, but no go on my end.

    For me only the MS Window icons like Calculator, Notepad, Settings (when active), Snipping Tool, and HP Smart are invisible or ghost imaged.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-26T16:29:38+00:00

    What is Microsoft waiting for to fix this bug?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-27T08:20:27+00:00

    Hopefully in windows 12 *smh*

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