notification area icons not showing up

[Nancy]

Okay, here's the deal: I have my taskbar setting to automatically hide
inactive icons. it usually works fine. There's a little arrow that will let
me click to see the icons that are being hidden, right?

Well, today, the darn arrows went away, and there are icons that didn't
reappear for programs that are running. I turned the thing off, and the
icons *still* aren't there!

I didn't reboot the computer, because I only rebooted it a few hours ago. My
sound icon won't show up when I first reboot, so I have to log off and log
back in to see it. Then everything else loads as well. (I can live with
that, but it's aggravating to have to do it)

Now, my sound icon is gone, and the icon for AIM is gone as well, along with
a couple of other programs that I know are running on the machine.

Is this another MS 'glitch' for XP that I'm just going to have to live with,
since apparently it's been going on for some time and no one cares enough to
find a fix for it?

Nancy Eddy

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Notification Area
[[Chevron is missing: For some users, setting the very first icon to Always
Hide, restores the arrow. ]]
from...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm

Notification area icons are missing at startup.

Try disabling the SSDP Discovery Service and the Universal Plug and Play
Device Host service.

Notification area icons are missing at startup
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/trayicons.htm

How To: Fix Missing System Tray Icons at Windows XP startup
http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_013.html

Your pointer changes to an hourglass when you hold it over the taskbar for a
few minutes after starting your Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841571

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

 

[Nancy]

Thanks. The first one worked for now. This didn't happen at start up,
although it does happen then, too. I was working on the computer and
suddenly the chevron disappeared and so did most of my notification area
icons (including the speaker icon), but the programs were still running.

I logged off, then back in, and the icons were back, but the chevron wasn't
coming up. I went in and marked the first icon to 'always hide' and the
chevrons are back.

Thanks for the assistance. I don't feel comfortable disabling SSDP or the
PnP discovery service.

nancy
(now if I could only get my Outlook Express toolbar icons to stay put, I'd
be a happy camper.)

Notification Area
[[Chevron is missing: For some users, setting the very first icon to
Always
Hide, restores the arrow. ]]
from...
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm

Notification area icons are missing at startup.

Try disabling the SSDP Discovery Service and the Universal Plug and Play
Device Host service.

Notification area icons are missing at startup
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/trayicons.htm

How To: Fix Missing System Tray Icons at Windows XP startup
http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_013.html

Your pointer changes to an hourglass when you hold it over the taskbar for
a
few minutes after starting your Windows XP-based computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/841571

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In

Okay, here's the deal: I have my taskbar setting to automatically hide
inactive icons. it usually works fine. There's a little arrow that will
let me click to see the icons that are being hidden, right?

Well, today, the darn arrows went away, and there are icons that didn't
reappear for programs that are running. I turned the thing off, and the
icons *still* aren't there!

I didn't reboot the computer, because I only rebooted it a few hours ago.
My sound icon won't show up when I first reboot, so I have to log off and
log back in to see it. Then everything else loads as well. (I can live
with that, but it's aggravating to have to do it)

Now, my sound icon is gone, and the icon for AIM is gone as well, along
with a couple of other programs that I know are running on the machine.

Is this another MS 'glitch' for XP that I'm just going to have to live
with, since apparently it's been going on for some time and no one cares
enough to find a fix for it?

Nancy Eddy