Search : in
By :

How to recover lost/missing system tray icon?

Last answer on Oct 5, 2009 2:13:55 pm BST bickoo, on Oct 19, 2008 11:18:29 pm BST 
 Report this message to moderators

Hello,pals!
here's the situation, after having installed nero 8, when i restarted my system, i found some of my system tray icons had gone missing. i dont know what went wrong coz the installation had been successful & its been running fine. is there anyone who can help me get my icons back Pleeeeeeeeeeez!

Configuration: Windows XP sp3
Firefox 3.0.3

Best answers for « how to recover lost/missing system tray icon? » in :
[Oracle] Recover lost passwords Show [Oracle] Recover lost passwords To recover a password in Oracle, simply connect under command line mode on the server: #sqlplus /nolog SQL>conn / as sysdba SQL>alter user Username identified by password;
Missing Internet Explorer Show
Still missing Show desktop icon Show
Safely remove hardware icon lost ShowSafely remove hardware icon lost You are using your USB flash drive but u can’t remove it because the safely remove icon has disappeared. Sometimes Windows accidentally hides this icon all you have to do now: • Right click on the...
Activate Volume Control in the taskbar ShowActivate Volume Control in the taskbar It may happen that after some configurations on your computer system, the icon volume control on your task bar disappears. Below is an indication how to recover same. The first step is to go...
Recovering lost files ShowRecovering lost files Summary Preconditions Under Windows Freeware PC Inspector File Recovery Restoration Hand Recovery Undelete Plus SoftPerfect File Recovery Photorec&Testdisk Instruction for application Notice Under...
Systray - systray.exe Showsystray - systray.exe systray.exe (systray stands for System Tray Service) is a Windows NT/2000/XP generic process which corresponds to the taskbar. The process systray is not in any way a virus, a worm, a Trojan horse, spyware, or adware. It is a...
Ask your question Reply

1

virageviraj, on Oct 20, 2008 10:03:16 am BST

Hello,

well have you tried to see if the programs are present on your pc?

i dont think that nero8 caused this problem on your machine. but if you think that it is the cause of it then just try to do a system restore just before you installed nero8.

   
Reply to virageviraj

2

techie, on Oct 24, 2008 3:17:11 pm BST
  • +1

Hi,

Follow d steps below.I think it will solve ur problem.

CLICK START-> RUN-> MSCONFIG

Doing so will result in window named System Configuration Utility

In that go to start up

There u can choose wat items to be displayed on the systems tray.

This will need a restart so restart. After restarting a window will appear check the box it will be okay.

   
Reply to techie

3

fatherspeedy, on Jan 5, 2009 12:44:15 pm GMT

Had the same problem after updating on or around xmas... It's all malware dude. I tried all the internet gimmicks - None worked. Solution was simple: Scan your computer with an antivirus which support spyware, spam, rootkit etc.. (i used AVG security Center); then use (Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware) - it found about 30 malware on my machine. Erase malware found... Restart your computer!!! bang bang - my updates worked again... Note: Keep a working antivirus/spyware/spamware software which is updated regularly... WORKS

   
Reply to fatherspeedy

4

claprade, on Apr 20, 2009 3:47:31 am BST

Found the solution!!!!!!!!!! go here http://www.ask.com/bar?q=missing+programs+...com%2Fnode%2F16­ and try the The Ostuni Workaround it works the only difference I found is that when you initiate a Plug & Play action the buble that normaly comes up doesnt anymore but it still works...........

Regards,

   
Reply to claprade

5

sukie, on May 5, 2009 12:08:06 pm BST

I can see what it is thats wrong straight away from your message delete service pack 3 and setyour update settings so it dont install again and you will be fine as service pack 3 for xp conflicts with a lot of things it is not nero 8 i have nero 9 on mine and its fine but when i installed service pack 3 for xp i got conflict with other proggrammes and i sussed it out to be se4rvice pack 3 causing the prob

   
Reply to sukie

6

kristen, on May 15, 2009 4:22:04 pm BST
  • +14

1. Back up the Registry by creating a restore point.
2. Go to Start > Run (or Windows-key + R), type in regedit and hit OK.
3. Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cla sses\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Wi ndows\CurrentVersion \TrayNotify.
4. Delete the values IconStreams and PastIconsStream.
5. Open up the Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc), go to the Processes tab, select explorer.exe and click End Process.
6. Open the Applications tab and click New Task at the bottom-right of the window.
7. In the message box that pops up type in explorer.exe and hit OK.
8. Explorer.exe will reload, and the missing icons should now be back in the system-tray where they belong.
9. Then if the volume bar isnt there, go to taskbar properties (where the volume was gray) and simply tick the box.

this should work, did for me!

   
Reply to kristen

7

Neil, on May 17, 2009 3:16:13 am BST
  • +4

Great Info! Restarting the "Explorer.exe" process worked like a charm. I google many articles till I ran into this. Thanks again.

   
Reply to Neil

9

Crystal, on Jun 10, 2009 2:27:59 pm BST
  • +2

Thank you, K. It works like a charm. It works with Windows 7 too...

   
Reply to Crystal

11

MsVP98, on Jun 17, 2009 11:38:18 pm BST
  • +1

Thanks K! Worked like a charm . . . thanks for the excellent tip!!

   
Reply to MsVP98

13

eCo, on Jul 17, 2009 7:58:41 pm BST
  • +3

My key location was slightly different (winxp sp3, full updates): HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\­Explorer\TrayNotify. ...but still worked. Thanks for the help.

   
Reply to eCo

14

Shipmate133, on Jul 19, 2009 8:05:41 pm BST
  • +3

Let me take your fix a little further. Your fix works, however the loss of the icons continues intermittently on subsequent bootups.

My fix:

1. Back up the Registry by creating a restore point.
2. Go to Start > Run (or Windows-key + R), type in regedit and hit OK.
3. Navigate to the key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Cla sses\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Wi ndows\CurrentVersion \TrayNotify.
4. Delete the values IconStreams and PastIconsStream.
5. Select the directory TrayNotify and rename it to OldTrayNotify.

Now Windows doesn't rebuild the values, IconStreams and PastIconsStream and
doesn't miss the directory. Your tray icons will appear each and every bootup
without failure.

Your wellcome....

   
Reply to Shipmate133

16

old-techie, on Aug 19, 2009 5:15:22 am BST

Also running SP3 with full updates, and between Shipmates procedure and Eco's Registry listing, worked like a charm, fixing a very frustrating problem...Many Thanks!!!!

   
Reply to old-techie

24

 athea, on Oct 5, 2009 2:13:55 pm BST

Shipmate 133 ,

I will thank you for de help ! MANY THANKS !

   
Reply to athea

15

MAK, on Jul 26, 2009 7:27:53 am BST

U rock man!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   
Reply to MAK

17

Shelley, on Aug 30, 2009 1:18:02 am BST
  • +1

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Finally a fix which actually works! You are the best!!

   
Reply to Shelley

19

Steve, on Aug 31, 2009 4:52:49 pm BST
  • +1

Thanks Kristen. Very helpful. I didn't bother messing with the registry. I just restarted Explorer.exe as you instructed and it worked fine. Maybe when I reboot I'll have the problem again and will have to delete the registry items you suggest but for now it's fine. Thanks again..

   
Reply to Steve

8

Tina P, on Jun 4, 2009 6:11:25 pm BST
  • +1

Thank you geeks of internet land!! You guys rock! The explorer.exe worked perfectly!

   
Reply to Tina P

10

narele, on Jun 16, 2009 8:08:01 pm BST
  • +1

Yeah removing items from the reg and restarting explorer.exe worked when nothing else would thx. :)

   
Reply to narele

12

Alexander Firsov, on Jun 18, 2009 10:53:41 am BST

Unfortunately this solution did not work for me... As well as all other solutions. My system is Windows XP Service Pack 2. The tray icons of "Sygate Personal Firewall" and "NOD32 Antivirus" are no longer available in the System Tray. These tray icons are very important as they are providing additional functionality to the program which is running in the background mode. I believe the Windows Explorer process is being spawned too late, so it is not able to receive the System Tray notifications from SMC.EXE ("Sygate Personal Firewall" process) and EKRN.EXE ("NOD32 Antivirus" process).

I will try to play with the order the Windows System processes are being launched at startup.

Probably we need to postpone the launching of SMC.EXE and EKRN.EXE: the Windows Explorer process (EXPLORER.EXE) needs to be up and running before the above processes are spawned...

But now it appears that EXPLORER.EXE is not ready to receive System Tray notifications from SMC.EXE and EKRN.EXE.

http://windowsitpro.com/...

   
Reply to Alexander Firsov

18

Kristine, on Aug 30, 2009 6:39:44 am BST

Thanks so much! I have been looking for an answer for weeks!

   
Reply to Kristine

20

Kristine, on Sep 1, 2009 10:57:31 pm BST

I spoke too soon. The fix worked, but then when I restarted my computer, they went away again and the keys reappeared in my registry. My husband has the same exact computer and doesn't have this problem and he does have the keys in his registry. Can you help further? Thanks.

   
Reply to Kristine

21

kristen, on Sep 2, 2009 12:46:47 am BST

I have restarted my computer many times & the keys have never disappeared after that... I'm not sure what you could do, considering that hasn't happened to me. Sorry.

   
Reply to kristen

22

kristen, on Sep 2, 2009 12:49:17 am BST

No problem everyone! Glad to have helped.. & Good luck!

   
Reply to kristen

23

hi, on Sep 4, 2009 1:01:59 pm BST

Thanks for the help :D

   
Reply to hi
Ask your question Reply
They need your help