Tray icons not all displaying any more.

[rreinman]

Win XP Pro running many programs in the back round, I slowly loose the running icons in the system tray. Sometimes when I perform a system restore, they come back for awhile. I noticed in the: (rt. click properties > Customize > current and past items, the past item list keeps growing and growing. I think the list gets corrupt because of a long past item list. Is this correct, and how can I clear the past item list, or correct the icons to always appear in the tray. I used the power toys for xp tool: repair icons to no avail.

Thank you very much.
Bob

 

[KiloZ]

When you bring up the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" window, do you have the "Hide inactive icons" box checked?

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[linney]

279771 - Description of Notification Area Settings

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;279771&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

321213 - Icons in the Notification Area May Disappear If You Use High-Contrast Color Themes

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;321213&FR=1&PA=1&SD=HSCH

As you are aware many programs have property pages (often obtained via a right click on an icon) that allows removal of the icon from Taskbar Notification Area.



How to Clear Past Items from the Notification Area

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q283084

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[micker377]

I had this a couple of months ago. Bcastner gave me the solution (had to remove all the icons in registry or something). Do a search for "Icons" in this forum.