Task Manager system tray icon does not always appear

[Guest]

I administer several Windows XP Professional machines. On each, I put a
shortcut to Task Manager in the Startup folder for All Users. The shortcut
is configured to Run Minimized, and Task Manager is configured to Hide When
Minimized. I do this so that the users and myself can watch the CPU Usage
meterin the system tray at all times.

This works on most machines, but not all. On some machines, the CPU Usage
meter displays only sporadicly, and sometimes not at all. If I start Task
Manager manually, the CPU Meter still does not display, but the Performance
tab tells me that Task Manager was indeed started at logon.

I've searched the Internet for this topic and found various pages, but
nothing with a definitive answer.

What is the cause of this problem? Is there a complete solution? If not,
what are the work-arounds?

TIA,

David

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

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I administer several Windows XP Professional machines. On each, I put a
shortcut to Task Manager in the Startup folder for All Users. The
shortcut is configured to Run Minimized, and Task Manager is configured
to Hide When Minimized. I do this so that the users and myself can
watch the CPU Usage meterin the system tray at all times.

This works on most machines, but not all. On some machines, the CPU
Usage meter displays only sporadicly, and sometimes not at all. If I
start Task Manager manually, the CPU Meter still does not display, but
the Performance tab tells me that Task Manager was indeed started at
logon.

I've searched the Internet for this topic and found various pages, but
nothing with a definitive answer.

What is the cause of this problem? Is there a complete solution? If
not, what are the work-arounds?

TIA,

David

Happens to me all the time. Some claim it's related to using the Classic
Start Menu (which I am). I have searched long and hard for a solution and to
date have had no luck. If you find a solution I would love to hear about it.

 

[Guest]

I also run Classic Start Menu. I'll try switching those machines and see
what happens.

David

 

[MrDoh1]

I've had the same problem for a while, and at least for me, switching
back and forth from the 2 start menu types is the only thing that fixes
it.

 

[Dane]

Same problem here! Classic Start menu as well. I just discovered by
selecting Options->Hide when minimized a couple of times (thus turning
it on then off again) and relaunching the Task Manager that it fixes
the problem, but not sure for how long. Also other people I know have
the same issue, but can not find one lick of support for this on
Microsoft.com.

 

[Fuzzy Logic]

Same problem here! Classic Start menu as well. I just discovered by
selecting Options->Hide when minimized a couple of times (thus turning
it on then off again) and relaunching the Task Manager that it fixes
the problem, but not sure for how long. Also other people I know have
the same issue, but can not find one lick of support for this on
Microsoft.com.

It appears to be pretty obscure. I have not been able to get it to stay in my tray consistently with the classic
start menu.