Solved strange problem in notification area icons?

[prukeyhi]

Hi all
I noticed on my laptop if i add more then 4 icons to notification area (show icons and notifications),
when adding the 5th icon ->the "show hidden icons" icon (the small up arrow like in the photo ) disappear ! .
when i remove the 5th icon from notification area,
then the "show hidden icons" icon appears back.
-i tried to lock/unlock the task bar it did not help.
-i noticed on my other PC ->same happens but with the 6th icon...
1-is it a known issue?
2-is there a tweak to increase numbers (more then 5) on notification area without loosing the "show hidden icons" icon?
Thanks!

 

[fafhrd]

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

 

[Mike Connor]

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;

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/179436-explorer-add-restart-explorer-desktop-context-menu.html

Regards....Mike Connor

 

[prukeyhi]

Hi fafhrd,
if i check the box by "Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar" i do not see the "show hidden icons" icon
since there are more then 4 notification area icons ....

 

[prukeyhi]

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;

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/179436-explorer-add-restart-explorer-desktop-context-menu.html


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...

 

[fafhrd]

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

 

[prukeyhi]

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

OK i'll try, but as i wrote in my question i tried it allready

No doubt there's a group policy and registry hack too

well that may be the thing i need...

 

[Orbital Shark]

Hi,

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

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

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

1, click the Expand icon

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

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   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.

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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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[Orbital Shark]

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.

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[prukeyhi]

Thank you Orbital Shark for your detailed answer!
But after i click & drag the 5th icon->i do not see the Expand icon
Please try to add a 5th icon and see if you'll have the Expand icon as well...
Thanks

 

[Orbital Shark]

Here's mine after having 7 icons showing...



How many Icons do you have available to show? (a snip of your expanded grid would be handy )

 

[prukeyhi]

well here are my 5 icons -the Expand icon is not there, it will appear only if i remove 1 icon out of the 5

 

[Orbital Shark]

That would indicate that you have all available icons on display already. To get the expand icon back you will need to set 1 of your notifications to only show notifications thus hiding it.

You'll notice that there are several icons that only show when a particular software (Task Manager) or Hardware (Safely Remove Hardware) is active and as such will not show at all times.

 

[prukeyhi]

That would indicate that you have all available icons on display already. To get the expand icon back you will need to set 1 of your notifications to only show notifications thus hiding it.

You are right!
and that's what i wrote as well: if i hide one of the five icons i get the expand icon back.

Just to make things clearer- you say that there is no way to get my current 5 icons and the expand icon as well?

 

[Orbital Shark]

No there isn't as there are no more icons remaining. If you had a USB device plugged in you'd have a 6th icon available but as there is nothing left to pull from the grid to the notification area, Windows deems the icon useless unless certain criteria (software/hardware) are met.

 

[prukeyhi]

No there isn't as there are no more icons remaining. If you had a USB device plugged in you'd have a 6th icon available but as there is nothing left to pull from the grid to the notification area, Windows deems the icon useless unless certain criteria (software/hardware) are met.

I understood -thank you very much Orbital Shark for your detailed support and Patience
Thanks for other friends who try to help as well!
I'll mark it as solved.

 

[Orbital Shark]

You're welcome

It's a pity we can't achieve what you want.

 

[prukeyhi]

You're welcome

It's a pity we can't achieve what you want.

Well, may be somebody will come up with a registry tweak

 

[Digerati]

If you drag your toolbar up to make the tray's clock area 3 lines, you can add many icons in the system tray - and have the advantage of a 3-line date and time - great for people like me that work out of the home (if you call "working the forums", work!) so every day of the week seems the same - I can just look down and see today is Wednesday. 3 lines in the tray clock area gives 2 lines for the tray icons. And it gives room for Quicklaunch to sit under the Task Bar, before the Address Bar, the end of which you see in the lower left.

 

[prukeyhi]

If you drag your toolbar up to make the tray's clock area 3 lines, you can add many icons in the system tray - and have the advantage of a 3-line date and time - great for people like me that work out of the home (if you call "working the forums", work!) so every day of the week seems the same - I can just look down and see today is Wednesday. 3 lines in the tray clock area gives 2 lines for the tray icons. And it gives room for Quicklaunch to sit under the Task Bar, before the Address Bar, the end of which you see in the lower left.

Thanks Digerati,
2 lines for the tray icons is a brilliant idea