I lost all my connections icons

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krma-thkpds · #1 Post by **krma-thkpds** » Tue Feb 21, 2006 12:38 pm

Today I suddenly lost all my connections icons. The ones in connect to menu and those in system tray. Now I can't figure out how to get them back. The just disappeared. All of them; LAN, WLAN and Bluetooth Access Server icons.
The last software I remember installing was Nokia PC Suite and new Lenovo wireless driver.
Even if I choose to make new connection to internet the icon doesn't appear anywhere. All connections work though, but I find this really strange.
Anyone has a suggestion?

davidspalding · #2 Post by **davidspalding** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 12:03 am

Open up the properties of all of them in the Network Connections control panel and enable "show icon on taskbar" option.

#3 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:50 am

Try this. Right click on an open spot on the Taskbar. Choose: Properties > Start Menu > Customize... > Advanced. Look under Start menu items:. Make changes as necessary.

davidspalding · #4 Post by **davidspalding** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 7:56 am

Ah good, reminder ... did the network connections icon disappear until you click the little (<) button at the left of the system tray ... that is they're "hidden" until you expand the system tray?

Control panel ... Taskbar and Start Menu properties ... Hide inactive icons ... Customize.

krma-thkpds · #5 Post by **krma-thkpds** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 8:51 am

No, they are not hidden, because I do not use the button which hides icons in system tray. they just aren't accessible anywhere. Nor in Network Connetions nor in system tray. Though I cannot access the properties for them.

#6 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:17 pm

I see (3) options at this point.

You can run System File Checker. Go to Start > Run, and type "SFC /scannow" without quotes in the box and hit the Enter key.

You can download TweakUI from Microsoft. It has an option to rebuild the desktop icons. Microsoft PowerToys for Windows XP TweakUI.exe is one of the PowerToys that you can download from the link in the middle right of the above page.

Use System Restore to go to a time when Windows was working properly.

krma-thkpds · #7 Post by **krma-thkpds** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:44 pm

I couldn't get them back even with system restore although I tried to restore it from 5 different restore points. Then I found a backup on one of my DVDs hidden in the mess on my table and decided to restore from it. Now it works. Thanks for the tips. I see I am not alone in this.
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