Re: Some System Tray Icons Missing

From: Rob Barbour (rob9966_at_newsgroup.nospam)
Date: 01/25/05


Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 21:27:47 -0500

This problem plagues many XP users, but there's still no actual fix from
Microsoft.

There are many things you can try, but this worked for me:
Delete all files from "C:\WINDOWS\Prefetch" and reboot...it's that simple.

Post something back here if that doesn't work....

Rob

"Juan C. Reyes" <jcreyes_h1@hotmail.REMOVE.com> wrote in message
news:EEgJd.21721$8u5.13861@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>I recently reinstalled Windows XP Home w/SP2 and all updates (after
> reformatting
> my HDD). The last application installed was Trend Micro PC-cillin
> Internet
> Security 2005. Now, when I restart my computer, only a limited number of
> icons
> show up in my system tray. Several are missing (although Task Manager
> confirms
> they are running). If I load another program after startup is complete,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.
>
> The system is a clean install, and I have verified that there are no
> viruses
> or
> spyware. There appears to be no performance problems at all; simply, the
> icons
> are missing from the systray.
>
> Thank you for any recommendations.
>
>



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