What is this?

Abberline · 14 Nov 2010

maybe you activated it using keyboard shourtcut by mistake, i know to my knowledge that it something to do with with some kind of search.

Dinesh · 14 Nov 2010

Open msconfig and click on the Startup Tab. You'll find an entry for this magnifying glass. Uncheck it if you wont need it.

Abberline · 14 Nov 2010

Dinesh said:

Open msconfig and click on the Startup Tab. You'll find an entry for this magnifying glass. Uncheck it if you wont need it.

It's not the magnifying glass, i suggested that before but he said its not that :)

this is a bit of of mystery :)

DarkFang · 14 Nov 2010

Abberline said:

maybe you activated it using keyboard shourtcut by mistake, i know to my knowledge that it something to do with with some kind of search.

I just pressed every key on my keyboard and nothing came up with a search or anything related to it.

Dinesh said:

Open msconfig and click on the Startup Tab. You'll find an entry for this magnifying glass. Uncheck it if you wont need it.

Nope. It's not there.

Dinesh · 14 Nov 2010

Can you open taskmgr and check what process is it?

DarkFang · 14 Nov 2010

I don't know what process it is because I don't know what it is that's running. And nothing looks out of the ordinary.

Dinesh · 14 Nov 2010

could you post a screenshot of taskmgr window? Click on the Processes tab abd a the bottom, select Show Processes from all users, maximize task manager and post a screenshot here.

Kari · 14 Nov 2010

I replied too hastily, I can see now. The image in your first post does not show Taskbar, as I thought, it shows the notification area. In taskbar, that would be to show an open search window. But it looks some other app might be using the same icon in notification area.

Do this next time the symbol appears:

- Right click an empty spot in notification area
- Click Customize notification icons
- Scroll down the list to find to which program the icon belongs

Kari

Jacee · 14 Nov 2010

Search toolbar in Explorer.exe:

Greg S · 14 Nov 2010

DarkFang said:

It randomly appears here and there. Like sometimes I won't see it for months and then it just comes out of nowhere.

Since it is listed in the system tray, what does it show the app is under Customize. Click Start Orb, type Notification Area Icons in the Search Box, Click Notification Area Icons and see what it says for that icon.