Re: Best way to restore sys tray icons?
From: David Wright Sr. (dwrightsr_at_alltel.net)
Date: 12/22/04
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Date: 22 Dec 2004 14:39:36 GMT
"_Vanguard_" <see_signature> wrote in news:GeydnWI9W-Fi4lTcRVn-
jg@comcast.com:
> "Zarbol Tsar" <zarbol@tsar.net> wrote in message
> news:95C78CE7AED2751D7E@130.133.1.4...
>> Sometimes I have to clear a problem on my WinXP system by stopping
>> and restarting EXPLORER.EXE using TaskManager.
>>
>> Afterwards not all the icons in the system tray (notification area)
>> come back.
>>
>> How can I get these missing icons back and in particular my system
>> tray icon for my Sygate firewall?
>
>
> Logout, then login.
>
> Killing and restarting explorer.exe (which gets used as the desktop GUI)
> results in losing tray icons for applications that don't update their
> status. The application is still loaded and responsive but they don't
> refresh their icons, probably because that would result in a bunch of
> flickering icons and waste CPU cycles to report the same status as
> before (i.e., the status is the same way more often than when it
> changes). However, I have seen stopping and reloading the application
> still does not show its tray icon. Maybe configuring the tray to NOT
> hide icons would make those show.
>
>
Nope. I have noticed the same problem and I don't have 'Hide Inactive
Icons' set in the properties list. So far, logging out and logging in is
the only solution that I have found.
David Wright
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