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
    2024-06-29T19:16:40+00:00

    Have the same issue and it didn't start until one of the latest updates to Windows 11.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-06-29T19:18:45+00:00

    Animations didn't work for me but I turned off the Transparency effect in the same menu and 80% of the icons returned. Not sure why all of them didn't...

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-05T12:06:33+00:00

    I found the solution:

    Just remove a Regedit entry, and you´re done...

    Find your user's ID on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\hivelist.

    It should be the entry that includes the user's name on the value information. Example: \Device\HarddiskVolume2\Users\{USERNAME HERE}\NTUSER.DAT.

    Take note of the long string at the end of the name of the entry. Example: \REGISTRY\USER\{LONG STRING}.

    Now go to go to HKEY_USERS\{LONG STRING}\software\classes\.png\shellex and delete E357FCCD-A995-4576-B01F-234630154E96.

    Then restart, and all icons will be normal again.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-08T18:13:07+00:00

    I found the solution:

    Just remove a Regedit entry, and you´re done...

    Find your user's ID on HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\hivelist.

    It should be the entry that includes the user's name on the value information. Example: \Device\HarddiskVolume2\Users\{USERNAME HERE}\NTUSER.DAT.

    Take note of the long string at the end of the name of the entry. Example: \REGISTRY\USER\{LONG STRING}.

    Now go to go to HKEY_USERS\{LONG STRING}\software\classes\.png\shellex and delete E357FCCD-A995-4576-B01F-234630154E96.

    Then restart, and all icons will be normal again.

    Did this fix (from DsH_SPain) actually work for anyone else?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-07-09T14:55:50+00:00

    I have the same problem with a new Windows 11 laptop with windows home and integrated grpahics. I think that it's related to switching between virtual desktops.

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