re: icons missing from system tray Thursday, October 10, 2002 at 1:01 pm Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by HC (935 messages posted) You could try a right click on a blank area on your taskbar goto properties then untick "Hide inactive icons" it may help Cheers HC On Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at 9:48 pm, Louis wrote: >When I restart my computer, the only icon showing in the system tray is for Norton >Antivirus. There are about five other icons that should be there, but they're not >-- even though the programs themselves are running. If I load another program after >startup is complete, e.g. AOL Instant Messenger, it appears in the systray as normal. >Also, the icon to control volume is missing, and I can only restore it by going to >Sound in the control panel, unchecking "Place volume icon in taskbar" and clicking >Apply, and then rechecking it and clicking Apply again. >What the heck is going on? I replaced my systray.exe file from the installation CD, >so I know that's not the issue. Written in response to: icons missing from system tray (Louis: Wednesday, October 9, 2002 at 9:48 pm) There are presently no replies to this message. 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