Tray area with blank icons - what's causing it?

[diplo]

My question is not how to fix this, but what's causing it? It's not uncommon for me to see this on workstations / laptops. I'm aware of how to fix it. I have a batch file I found on this forum that works like a charm. Does anyone have a clue as to what causes this? In the example below you can see where your network icon would be there is instead a hole, as well as several places in the "reveal more icons" area. Ive seen this box get huge before all full of blanks.

 

[Brink]

Hello diplo,

It may be corruption, but it could be anything that causes it. Resetting the notification area icons to clear the corruption should help.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/13102-notification-area-icons-reset.html

Hope this helps,
Shawn