strange problem in notification area icons?

In the taskbar properties, (I always unlock the taskbar when customising it), Customize... (or Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Notification Area Icons), you can check the box by "Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar", or select which ones you want to show or hide from the options for each icon above. Mine shows 8 icons and the time at the moment, but no little chevron, because none are hidden.

Yet another way to customize the notification area is by clicking on the "hidden" "<" chevron and selecting "customize" at the bottom of the icon selection box. No doubt there's a group policy and registry hack too :)

There are some odd issues with the notification area. Use CCleaner and tick the box "Tray Notifications Cache"



Run cleaner and this will clear and reinitialise the notifications/icon cache. You have to restart explorer after doing this, or it wont work.

This utility is very convenient for that;

Explorer - Add "Restart Explorer" to Desktop Context Menu

Regards....Mike Connor

Mike Connor said:

There are some odd issues with the notification area. Use CCleaner and tick the box "Tray Notifications Cache"



Run cleaner and this will clear and reinitialise the notifications/icon cache. You have to restart explorer after doing this, or it wont work.

This utility is very convenient for that;

Explorer - Add "Restart Explorer" to Desktop Context Menu


Regards....Mike Connor

Hi Mike,
i tried ccleaner before (i like it and use it for years) but no good...
Also tried now your suggested tweak -unfortunately it did not help...

Try leaving your taskbar "unlocked", and things may rearrange themselves differently - just a suggestion.

Hi,

You'll find that the default is 3 icons plus the Expand icon...

By following the instructions in post 2 you can set to show all notification icons...

You can also customize the amount of icons above 3 by doing the following...

1, click the Expand icon

2, click & drag the icon(s) you wish to have permanently on display to where you wish them to sit

   Note

Theme changed manually to Basic to highlight placement markers for purpose of instruction

You'll notice that 4 icons now show on your notification bar and you can add as many as you like.

To reverse the process just click the Expand icon then drag the icon back to the grid.

   Note

The Lock Taskbar setting has no effect on moving the notification icons

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You'll also find that by dragging the icons to the notification bar set the Show Icon and Notification setting in the Customize settings screen.