Vista missing icons

Hi, ive tried this about 3 times and restarted my computer and tried it too, yet my network icon is still blanked out. Any suggestions? Thanks a million. I've worked in the troubleshooting department of HP, and these resolutions come in handy. It resolved mine Got the problem after a recent MSupdate. Startng with step 4 worked fine for me Thanks for the solution.

Hi Colin! Thanks a lot Thanks, restarting explorer. However, I now have to do this every day, each time I boot. Is there any way to make this permanent. Thanks for the help. You can try just ending explorer. Thank you very much!!!

I had been driving myself nuts all day trying to figure this one out. Seems so random The ending explorer and restarting explorer. It's just a pain to do this. I hope they fix Vista soon!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Excellent solution. Many thanks. I just wish there was a permanent fix from Microsoft, but that is too much to ask! That was too easy. I have been on the internet for half an hour looking for ways to fix this problem and all the other sites are way too complicated for me.

Thanks so much for putting this up. I am bookmarking it! Got my volume icon back although I still feel like kind of a noob Dear Colin, Thank you very much for your help. Can you please help with the Power icon, as it is still grey, Thanks once again.

Works for Windows 7 too. I found it easier to delete the keys and recreate them. That did the trick! Thanks for the great tip! Hrmm that was weird, my comment got eaten. Anyway I wanted to say that it's nice to know that someone else also mentioned this as I had trouble finding the same info elsewhere.

This was the first place that told me the answer. Hi I am having the same problem and the fix works until a new user logs in and the problem comes back. I am the only user allow to do changes to the registry or restart the computer so the other users cant use this fix when this problem happen to them. Log off and then log in doesn't help in this situation.

I already restore the machine to factory settings and the problem persists. Any clue on what might fix this permanently. Thank You for giving the above info regarding 'Volume icon is not displayed in the notification area' fix. I could resolve the volume icon issue with the help of your web page. It worked well. Oh, my gosh! This worked absolutely flawlessly I am bookmarking this page so that I can take care of it if it flips out again. Thanks It did work Thanks Colin, I happened to me several times, stange program Vista is.

Your solution worked out fine. Colin, I have bookmarked this site. Great info. I just started at 4 not to big on messing around with the reg unless absolutely necessary but as I said started with step 4 and the icon reset without any problems.

Thanks again. Another satisfied reader, thanks. Worked like a charm and easy to follow for those that are less computer savy. I've had to do this once before but the method wasn't this easy and most pages wanted me to download a regbooster so thanx.

Worked for me. Thanks a lot. This is the right blog for anyone who wants to find out about this topic. You realize so much its almost hard to argue with you not that I actually would want…HaHa. You are commenting using your WordPress. You are commenting using your Google account. You are commenting using your Twitter account. You are commenting using your Facebook account. Notify me of new comments via email. Notify me of new posts via email. Share this: Twitter Facebook.

Like this: Like Loading Thanks man! It solved my volume missing problem! Thanks man, this really worked well! Much appreciated! Frustrated beyond belief. Ready to switch to MAC. Thanks a bunch!! Why one earth does this problem occur in the first place though? This fixed my network icon, but my volume and power icons are still missing….

It worked for the network and volume icons but not for the battery meter. It all worked! Thanks a lot. And I did not have to reboot. Great fix! Bloody good job there. Was pissing me off!!!!!! Exacty what i needed! Added one more credit feather for me. Thanking you again.. Stopping Explorer. I did what you said and the volume is still grayed out.

Any other ideas? Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here How do I fix missing desktop icons and taskbar? In the Processes tab, find and get the explorer.

Then click on End Process. I have Trend Upgrade installed and now I need to restart my computer. After logging in, I just lost my Vista taskbar and themes! The recovery trick can be similar to Windows XP, but with an additional process 2. If all else fails, everything should be back to normal, plus you can stop panicking, inhale and exhale, breathe a sigh of relief and get to work. Update for Windows 7 January After a short day, I had the opportunity to choose the Open Manager role.

Each version commonly associated with Windows has a taskbar, and each taskbar has a notification area that is used to display running program icons with process icons and any notifications you create.

Each of them simply serves as a link to your various settings. Since this is the case, the system icons that make up the notification area are extremely important to the everyday computer user.

This little development becomes an extremely annoying problem, a problem that has been fundamental to Windows users around the world since the days of Windows Vista. Was about to restore the operating system.

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