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
    2024-01-26T16:29:38+00:00

    What is Microsoft waiting for to fix this bug?

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  2. 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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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-03T23:13:31+00:00

    Commenting to keep attention on this issue.

    I'm not sure if any of this is relevant but:

    • yes, drivers are kept up to date. Most are set to automatic updates.
    • icons disappear after Windows turns the screen off (due to the power settings)
    • yes, clicking the icon brings it back (individually) and a restart also restores them all.
    • Samsung 4k monitor
    • Windows 11
    • AMD Ryzen 9 Processor, 4070 graphics, 32MB RAM
    • disappearing is not always consistent, sometimes it's OK for a week and then it happens several times in a row.
    • icons don't come back when the labels are also showing (for example, clicking the empty spot for the Slack icon opened up the label and showed my badge with unread messages but did not show the icon).

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-03T07:38:57+00:00

    I also have this problem, but my computer is pre-installed with win11, so it has nothing to do with upgrading from win10.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-12-05T18:30:36+00:00

    This is happening on my 2 month old laptop that came with win 11. At first power up it did an update.

    Would be nice if MS had a trace and debug tool (like mainframes had even 30 years ago) that could be used to diagnose this type of issue.

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