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
    2023-06-27T16:20:47+00:00

    Not sure that anyone has an easy workaround - but the very fact that there are so many workarounds in circulation ought to show Microsoft that there is indeed a problem here.

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-06-27T09:29:16+00:00

    I am having the same issue. It's really annoying to restart the Explorer everytime. I hope we can get a fix asap with new updates.

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-06-24T22:57:11+00:00

    +1 totally disappointing ignorance

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-05-30T04:47:16+00:00

    It's not browser-dependent. Many people have this issue, it also happens for those using Chrome, Edge, etc.

    I use this workaround:

    • When the Taskbar has become invisible after the computer wakes from Sleep, right-click on the Taskbar area.
    • In the pop-up menu, choose Display Settings.
    • In the Multiple Displays settings screen which then appears (see screenshot below), toggle the checkboxes until the Taskbar appears again.
    • Set the checkboxes again to your preferred setting.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-03-12T13:20:00+00:00

    Same issue here. Is there still no fix for this?

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