re: icons missing from system tray
Sunday, October 24, 2004 at 5:00 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Basil Clarke
(12 messages posted)
My system tray icons come and go. The most awkward is the frequent non-appearance
of the icons for HandStory and Anapod, since they're needed for controlling the programs.
This seems to have started since I installed SP2. Another person has suggested
that the problem is that Windows doesn't have time to load them all.
On Sunday, October 10, 2004 at 11:46 pm, cbgerry wrote:
>What you may NOT have to do....
>I am adding here to the thread what you may not have to do, before all the extra
>time and aggravation. I found this thread at a Google search, and it is exactly
the
>same problem I have - and I see a few possible avenues to try. I am getting most
>of my System Tray Icons except one main one I am trying to make appear. I went all
>through the "msconfig" scenario on XP and so on - making sure the program is checked
>properly everywhere to start at Start Up. I have Uninstalled my program (Handstory
>Suite) and re-installed it... no help.
>
>What you may NOT have to do..... I have some Spyware extra programs installed besides
>Norton AV like "SpyGuard" and "SpyBlaster" - which disable all sorts of spyware
and
>scumware and others from downloading spyware and such through IExplorer. I had recently
>uploaded new definitions in these and was thinking perhaps one of the Spyware Definitions
>had blocked my program from starting normally. After Uninstalling them - nothing...
>the program icon in the system tray was still not appearing.
>
>I have seen here a few remedies to try. I also tried copying the shortcut to the
>"Start Up" folders in Windows Explorer - there are a couple such as "..All Users
>/ Programs / Start Up - - - and - - - Your Name (primary user name) / Programs /
>Start Up - - - and - - - Default User / Programs / Start Up ... .... .... but that
>did not place the icon in the tray. Best of luck all, and I will be back if any
of
>the other suggestions here work. I would really like to know the actual conflicts
>as well, because I also tried using the "Hide Inactive Icons" by right clicking
for
>Properties on the Task Bar, and then clicking "Customize" and choosing the icon
and
>all others I wanted to appear with the "Always Show" these Icons. This did not work,
>as when I had re-installed my program - at least then the icon appeared until I
shut
>down my Computer. Strange, because the program and tray icon have been working fine
>for over a year and I do not have all sorts of excess Start Up icons in the tray.
>
>
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All messages in this thread [show all]
 |  | | | | | |  | .... (mike: Tue, Nov 14, 2006, 9:11 pm) |
| | | |  | Solution (Christopher Burton: Tue, Jan 24, 2006, 6:03 pm) |
| |  | re: icons missing from system tray (Basil Clarke: Sun, Oct 24, 2004, 5:00 pm) |
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