Missing icons in my taskbar

Zambini · March 13th, 2007

I be missing icons from my taskbar.

Uhh... why? and how do I get them back?

It happens whenever I reboot. Last time I had em all was yesterday before I rebooted but it has happened many times before.

<=(

Panda Man · March 13th, 2007

Are you sure its just not being hidden? Right click on the task bar > properties and uncheck "Hide inactive icons".

If that doesn't help, let us know exactly which ones are disappearing.

**gvblake22** · March 13th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panda Man

Are you sure its just not being hidden? Right click on the task bar > properties and uncheck "Hide inactive icons".

If that doesn't help, let us know exactly which ones are disappearing.

You can also click the "Customize..." button in that menu and select which exact icons you want to resurrect and to what state.

Zambini · March 13th, 2007

No, HIDE is not checked, and you can only customize if hide is enabled.

polobunny · March 13th, 2007

What icons are missing?

**stinger608** · March 14th, 2007

The main problem that I see from the picture is this: All of the icons that are left of the clock are current programs running!!!!!!

All of them programs running in the background seriously hog system resources.

And probably why there is icons missing is that after you reboot they are not set to start at windows startup. You may have to start the program and then close out of it for it to stay running in the background and leaving the icon in the taskbar.

Even though I can't imagine why you would want so much running all of the time.

Zambini · March 14th, 2007

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Originally Posted by polobunny

What icons are missing?

The Eject USB devices icon, the Volume Icon, and the nVidia display icon.

Quote:

Originally Posted by stinger608

The main problem that I see from the picture is this: All of the icons that are left of the clock are current programs running!!!!!!

All of them programs running in the background seriously hog system resources.

And probably why there is icons missing is that after you reboot they are not set to start at windows startup. You may have to start the program and then close out of it for it to stay running in the background and leaving the icon in the taskbar.

Even though I can't imagine why you would want so much running all of the time.

The only thing I don't leave running when performance is important is Bitlord. But I have 3gb of ram and a c2d running @ 3.2ghz, so it isnt very big of a performance degradation leaving the few unnecessary-to-run-constantly programs (bitlord and bluetooth).

As for them not being in startup, I checked the startup and they are there.

March 13th, 2007	#1
Zambini Lvl 1 College Student Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Mere du SantaCruz Posts: 1,936 Blog Entries: 1	Missing icons in my taskbar I be missing icons from my taskbar. Uhh... why? and how do I get them back? It happens whenever I reboot. Last time I had em all was yesterday before I rebooted but it has happened many times before. <=(

March 13th, 2007	#2
Panda Man Meow means woof in cat. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Elba, AL Posts: 1,907	Re: Missing icons in my taskbar Are you sure its just not being hidden? Right click on the task bar > properties and uncheck "Hide inactive icons". If that doesn't help, let us know exactly which ones are disappearing. Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 Conroe @ 2.80GHz Cooler Master GeminII - Thanks Rich and HL! GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 (rev. 1.3) EVGA GeForce 8800GTS 320MB @ 726/962 CORSAIR XMS2 4GB (4 x 1GB) DDR2-800 OCZ GameXStream 600W PSU Maxtor 300GB 7200RPM SATA150 16MB cache HDD Seagate 500GB 7200ROM SATA300 16mb cache HDD Sony NEC Optiarc 18X DVD±R DVD Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 7.1 ZyXel m-202 802.11g adapter Antec Nine Hundred Creative 5.1 speakers Viewsonic Optiquest q20wb 20" LCD

March 13th, 2007	#4
Zambini Lvl 1 College Student Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: St. Mere du SantaCruz Posts: 1,936 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Missing icons in my taskbar No, HIDE is not checked, and you can only customize if hide is enabled.

March 13th, 2007	#5
polobunny T-Rex Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 4,604 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Missing icons in my taskbar What icons are missing?

March 14th, 2007	#6
stinger608 The Real Final Word Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Zone! Posts: 2,561 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Missing icons in my taskbar The main problem that I see from the picture is this: All of the icons that are left of the clock are current programs running!!!!!! All of them programs running in the background seriously hog system resources. And probably why there is icons missing is that after you reboot they are not set to start at windows startup. You may have to start the program and then close out of it for it to stay running in the background and leaving the icon in the taskbar. Even though I can't imagine why you would want so much running all of the time.

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