Solution For Missing Icons In The System Tray-Windows Vista Home Premium.

Published: November 15, 2007, 3:12 pm

Tags: my geeky side, computer fixes, microsoft, microsoft windows, missing icons in system tray, registry changes, system restore, windows registry, windows vista home premium

A few nights ago, Windows went through a scheduled update. As usual, once the installation was complete, I rebooted the system to find all icons, with the exception of the anti-virus program, missing. First things first-Windows Vista, at least the Home Premium version, isn’t as user-friendly when it comes to navigating to the information needed. Yes, Microsoft provides the “Help” and “Search” features, but most of the time you don’t find the answer. Windows Vista differs from XP when it comes to showing or hiding icons in the system tray. With XP, going to the service itself, (example, going to the sound options and checking “show sound icon in system tray), would solve problems with missing icons. Vista makes this process simple, (or so I believed). Showing/Hiding Icons In Notification Area Right-Click the Taskbar. Click “Properties.” Find the tab “Notification Area”-click on the tab. Choose which icons to be

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