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certain task bar icons suddenlly missing...
This morning when I turned on my computer, I saw that certain icons from the task bar (not those in the notification area) had vanished,. Most of these involve Microsoft or Winbdows (Explorer Resources, Microsoft Outlook, Windows Media Center, Windows Classic Media Player etc.) but the Skype icon had also disappeared.
So I did a system restore, and got the task bar back to how it was yesterday. Having read that Avast was often responsible for creating problems of this kind, and having been toying for some time with the idea of substituting Avast with a lighter anti-virus program, I uninstalled Avast and replaced it. Almost as soon as I had removed Avast via the Control Panel, I saw the same task bar icons just disappear before my eyes.
The programs involved are obviously still on my laptop, but I'd like to know why their icons disappeared, and how I can prevent this from happening again.
Florio