re: icons missing from system tray
Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 7:56 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by rpm
(1 messages posted)
I had a blue screen error after doing a registry cleaning. A few of my icons like
volume, battery life, wireless network icon, adaware, teatimer, and safely remove
hardware disappeared. I did Start -> Run -> "chkdsk /f /r" and then also added this
process (all icons are back except for power status):
Run the window registry editor (START, RUN, regedit)
You need to create a new String Value called "systray" in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Then give in the value: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\systray.exe"
To do all this:
1. START, RUN, type "regedit", hit enter
2. Once in the Registry Editor, navigate the left directory tree to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
3. Then right click on the right window pane, click new, then string value.
4. Give the new string value the name "systray"
5. Your new value should now have the name "systray", the type "REG_SZ", and no data.
6. Right click on your new "systray" value and click "modify".
7. Now give "systray" the value data: "C:\WINDOWS\system32\systray.exe"
8. Click ok and close the Registry Editor.
9. Restart your computer.
Next you must perform this registry change
(this copied from the Clumsy Hamster, thanks)
1. Open up the registry (run > regedit)
browse to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SOFTWARE >
2. Microsoft > Windows > CurrentVersion > policies
3. Create a new key named "Explorer" without the quotes (right click > New > Key)
4. Create a new DWORD Value named "NoTrayItemsDisplay" without the quotes (right
click > New > DWORD Value)
5. Modify the NoTrayItemsDisplay and make sure the value is 0 (right click > Modify)
Once these have been done ensure that "systray" in msconfig>startup is enabled by
the tick box.
By doing these steps you have also ensured the UPnP is still functioning for the
networking side of things (being my job I kinda needed it)
Restart the machine and problem solved
On Sunday, November 21, 2004 at 4:51 am, Malko wrote:
>I have the same problem, started before SP2 installation...
>
>I tryed everythings and it continue, but last time I done a "chkdsk /f /r", to find
>and solve some bad cluster, and I check some difference.
>
>Now icons appear every time, but i don't know that this is the real solution, because
>I sow a time icons disappear again!
>
>bye bye
>
>
>
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