Disappearing Taskbar Icons


  1. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Pro 32-bit
       #1

    Disappearing Taskbar Icons


    We are having an issue with the Icons in the windows 7 taskbar disapearing when a user logs of and back on. The first time the user logs ont he taskbar is there and no problems but subsequent logins they just receive a blank taskbar and can't pin any programs to the taskbar. The only way to get it to work again is to kill explorer.exe and start a new task of it,then the icons come back. I have attached two images so that you can see what's going on. Thanks.
    Attached Thumbnails Attached Thumbnails Disappearing Taskbar Icons-notworking-edited.png   Disappearing Taskbar Icons-working-edited.png  
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  2. Posts : 354
    Windows 8, Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, Pear Linux Triple Boot
       #2

    It may sound weird, but from what I am reading it could be related to the video driver, I would try reinstalling the latest video driver.

    Geeve

    Edit: Welcome to the forum by the way :)
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  3. NoN
    Posts : 4,166
    Windows 7 Professional SP1 - x64 [Non-UEFI Boot]
       #3

    JSmid6 said:
    We are having an issue with the Icons in the windows 7 taskbar disapearing when a user logs of and back on. The first time the user logs ont he taskbar is there and no problems but subsequent logins they just receive a blank taskbar and can't pin any programs to the taskbar. The only way to get it to work again is to kill explorer.exe and start a new task of it,then the icons come back. I have attached two images so that you can see what's going on. Thanks.

    Welcome to Forums,

    Could you try a MS HotFix Solution?:

    FIX: Windows 7 Taskbar resets to the default settings
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  4. Posts : 71,975
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #4

    Hello JSmid, and welcome to Seven Forums.

    In addition, you might see if resetting the notification icons may be able to help.

    Hope this helps,
    Shawn
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  5. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Pro 32-bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    Driver


    I reinstalled the driver before leaving work yesterday and this morning it was working, but it sometimes works anway so I'll keep my eye on it for a few days. Thanks for all the help and I will try the other solutions if this doesnt work and post back my findings.
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  6. Posts : 354
    Windows 8, Ubuntu 12.04 64bit, Pear Linux Triple Boot
       #6

    JSmid6 said:
    I reinstalled the driver before leaving work yesterday and this morning it was working, but it sometimes works anway so I'll keep my eye on it for a few days. Thanks for all the help and I will try the other solutions if this doesnt work and post back my findings.
    Anytime, hope it squared you away :)

    Geeve
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  7. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Pro 32-bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    Ok this issue is still going on, it seemed to be fixed but it came back. It looks like it has something to do with the group policy that Zenworks Configuration Management is applying. I tested a user that doesnt have a policy assigned and it works fine, but then a user that does have a policy, the icons dissapear after their second login. I took this same user and removed the policy and tried a new computer and then it was working fine. So i'm at a loss, Any Ideas?
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  8. Posts : 226
    Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
       #8

    Just checking....

    Do you have the taskbar locked? Right click on the taskbar and see if its locked or not.
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  9. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Pro 32-bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    it was, but I unlocked it and rebooted and they were gone again until i restarted explorere.exe
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  10. Posts : 5
    Windows 7 Pro 32-bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    I figured it out. This was happening becuase in the group policy folder redirection was turned on to H:\Desktop i changed this to \\server\directory\%username%\Desktop and now it's working without any problems. It had to do with the drive mapping apparently.
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