Tray Icons don't show

[+++Bobby \O\+++]

I seem to be having trouble getting all my System Tray icons to show on
startup. So, I have to use the Task Manager and shut down the process -
then restart it. That usually works. What a pain!!! I am using WinXP Pro
with SP-1 (and I believe SP-2). Is there anything I can do to assure that
these icons always show up? By System Tray, I am assuming this is the
section in the bottom right of the Taskbar. Thanks so much.......

 

[Kelly]

In XP it is called the Notification Area. Which are the icons not showing
on first boot? In the meantime:

Troubleshooting the Notification Area
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_n.htm#na

Troubleshooting the Volume Control Icon
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_v.htm#volume


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

Taskbar Repair Tool
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

 

[+++Bobby \O\+++]

Specifically, McAfee Anti-Virus and iTunes are giving me trouble. I went to
the first site you suggested - but didn't try anything yet because I'm
concerned about screwing something up. What do you suggest?

 

[Galen]

In +++Bobby "O"+++ had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Specifically, McAfee Anti-Virus and iTunes are giving me trouble. I
went to the first site you suggested - but didn't try anything yet
because I'm concerned about screwing something up. What do you
suggest?

Well seeing as she's been a little while I'll answer...

The first thing I'd recommend is a test drive of...

Taskbar Repair Tool Plus!:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/taskbarplus!.htm

If that does no good - though it's made me look a hero in the past but
really I had nothing to do with it except for knowing about it so the
blame/credit goes to Kelly - then I'd consider running your desktop as a
separate process. With some resource intensive AV applications - and this is
ENTIRELY speculation and observation from the problems - there seems to be
conflicts during boot time and the result is missing icons in the
notification area and more than a couple of people have been able to resolve
it with simply running the two processes separately.

Explorer as a Separate Process:
http://kgiii.info/windows/XP/tips/sep_explorer.html

Of course, before you do that, why not go to the properties and tick the box
to hide the unused items in the taskbar, click apply, reboot, and then tick
it back the way it was. (So if you had them hidden they'd then be unhidden
and if they weren't hidden before they won't be when you finish the
process.) Sometimes that's been known to kick the bugger in the whosits and
make it work. <g>

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/
http://kgiii.info/

"I am glad of all details, whether they seem to you to be relevant or
not." - Sherlock Holmes

 

[Mike]

Try this

1. Right Click on the Start Button
2. Select Propertites and left click
3.Select Taskbar Tab
4.Select Customize

From there you select which icon will appear.

Hope this helps...

 

[+++Bobby \O\+++]

After I click on Customize, where do I go to select the Icon that I want to
show in the Notification area? I couldn't figure out that step........

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Right click the Taskbar | Properties | Taskbar tab | Customize button |
Find the whatever icon | Select Always show | Click OK | Click Apply | Click
OK

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

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[+++Bobby \O\+++]

Both Mike and you told me the same thing - and now I understand. Thank
you.....

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Keep having fun.

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