I am also having this problem with 2 different hp laptops but my lenovo laptop does not have this problem. The problems started back in 2022 and I have tried everything but nothing fixes the problem.
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
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Anonymous
2024-06-17T07:04:09+00:00 Me too:
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Anonymous
2024-06-27T13:25:34+00:00 Same issue here... I have had this issue since I got this laptop that came with Win11.
Can't figure out what exactly causes it... It just appear to happen randomly...
Right click on the icon doesn't help. But if I left click twice, to maximize and minimize the window, it appears again.
I usually have to do it several times, since I have several programs open and don't know witch is witch (also because windows keep rearranging the icons...).
Dell Inspiron 15 5510
11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11390H @ 3.40GHz 2.92 GHz
RAM 16,0 GB
NVIDIA GeForce MX450 2,0 GB
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Anonymous
2024-06-27T14:47:12+00:00 IT's no comfort, but this problem has been around for YEARS. It seems in someway to be linked to the PC emerging from "sleep" - but not in an consistent manner. People find that it comess ang goes - I had it badly about a year ago, and then it went away for a while - but then came back. I al;ways keep Windows Up to date, so it is a pretty deep-rooted problem . I cant beleive that Microsoft couldnt fix it if they wanted to, but presumably its not high priority for them..
For what it's worth, in spite of people posting "sol;utions" from time to time, the most reliable way I have found to handle it when it happens is to go to Task Mamager, Find Windows Explorer, right click iand restart it. That has always brought them back for me.
One day, it will get fixed .............
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Anonymous
2024-06-27T17:19:17+00:00 Honestly, I've just turned off the animations (Accessibility, Visual effects). That has been a solid fix on both my machines.