missing system tray icons

[Confused]

I have some icons not showing up in the system tray.
These programs are running as evident by viewing in the
task manager. These are items that come up at startup.
If I end the programs and restart them, their tray icons
appear the way that they should. The only one that
doesn't come back is the network connection icon (even if
I uncheck show icon in notification area box click OK
then open the properties and recheck the box, the icon
still doesn't appear. Any way to correct this problem
under Windows XP? Yes I have all of the critical updates.

 

[Guest]

You have to customize the Taskbar by right clicking on it, Unlocking it,
choosing Properties, check Hide Inactive Icons, customize, then change the
icon setting to Always Show or Show when active.

 

[confused]

Thank you, I will try that, but I always leave the box
for hide inactive icons unchecked. I will check the box
and set the icons to always show and then uncheck the box
again and see if that helps.

 

[Guest]

you r missing the point, the icons are not hidden, they r missing, and anyway
i have tried that, doesn't help. it has something to do with registry