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
    2023-07-14T22:17:56+00:00

    I'm having the same problem. Started happening after I updated to 22H2. Seems to be linked to waking from a sleep state.

    It's at least a little bit comforting knowing that there are a lot of other people experiencing the same issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-04T16:45:26+00:00

    Untrue. This started happening to me after upgrading my desktop PC to Win 11, and it continues to happen on my brand new Surface Pro 9

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-27T19:03:47+00:00

    That didn't work for me, plus it's lot of work to do on two monitors and interrupts your workflow

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-06-22T05:37:37+00:00

    As Microsoft has not yet released a fix yet, I use a workaround.

    The following workaround is for desktop systems with an external display.

    I have such a system, and at random times the taskbar is completely empty after the pc wakes from sleep.

    Workaround steps:

    1. Right-click the desktop area.
    2. Select "Display settings".
    3. Click on "Advanced display".
    4. Click on the "Refresh rate" button.
    5. Select and switch to a different frequency.
    6. Click the "Revert" button.
    7. See the Taskbar appear again.

    This works on my system (Lenovo Windows 11 desktop pc, with an external LG 5120x2160 monitor connected via DisplayPort 1.4 cable).

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-05-31T14:48:46+00:00

    I'm here with the same issue. I was hoping there was an east fix but it doesn't look like there is. My last computer had a free upgrade to Windows 11 and the first 4 months of that were spent with the Windows shortcut both vanishing as an icon and disappearing as a function.

    I think Windows 11 just makes things disappear.

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