System Tray Icons missing

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zahir · #1 Post by **zahir** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:58 pm

Just got an r51 with XP preloaded. Everythings going fine...then since yesterday my system tray icons went missing... like volume blah blah blah... whn i check msconfig, they're selected to load on startup.... when i check the program settings, thy're selected to appear on the system tray, yet they dont appear... any idea wats up?

ibmuser · #2 Post by **ibmuser** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:40 pm

Right-click on My Computer
>Click on Manage
>Expand 'Services & Applications'
>Highlight 'Services'
>Look through list of services on the right....
>Find Universal Plug & Play Device Host
>Right-click on it.
>Click properties.
>Change startup type to 'Disabled'
>Do exactly the same with 'SSDP discovery service'
Restart computer

beaker · #3 Post by **beaker** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 3:40 pm

This worked for me.

How to Clear Past Items from the System Tray

zahir · #4 Post by **zahir** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 4:04 pm

ibmuser
i dont see how disabling the USB gets the icons back.... its like the icons are there but apparenlty not visible....

icantux · #5 Post by **icantux** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 6:10 pm

Sounds to me like a WinXP setting. Right-click the "START" button, select properties, select "taskbar", uncheck "Hide inactive icons" at the bottom.

zahir · #6 Post by **zahir** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:01 am

icantux wrote:Sounds to me like a WinXP setting. Right-click the "START" button, select properties, select "taskbar", uncheck "Hide inactive icons" at the bottom.

oh god, tried that first!... infact even st certain icons to never hide. Yet they dint show....

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 1:28 am

Take a look at this simular thread. http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=20990

ibmuser · #8 Post by **ibmuser** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:03 pm

zahir wrote:ibmuser
i dont see how disabling the USB gets the icons back.... its like the icons are there but apparenlty not visible....

I gleaned this from a quck search online. I seem to recall having a similar problem and this worked for me.

See for example:
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSystray.htm

http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_013.html

I gather this didn't help in your case. Try this:
>- ctl+alt+del to get up task manager
>- click on "Processes" tab
>- highlight the "explorer" process
>- click "End Process"... this will stop your desktop.
>- click on "Applications" tab
>- click "New Task..."
>- Type "explorer" and click OK

zahir · #9 Post by **zahir** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:09 pm

ibmuser wrote:
zahir wrote:ibmuser
i dont see how disabling the USB gets the icons back.... its like the icons are there but apparenlty not visible....
I gleaned this from a quck search online. I seem to recall having a similar problem and this worked for me.

See for example:
http://www.michna.com/kb/WxSystray.htm

http://www.tech-pro.net/howto_013.html

I gather this didn't help in your case. Try this:
>- ctl+alt+del to get up task manager
>- click on "Processes" tab
>- highlight the "explorer" process
>- click "End Process"... this will stop your desktop.
>- click on "Applications" tab
>- click "New Task..."
>- Type "explorer" and click OK

Ibmuser, thanks man, but it just worked once, the minute i restarted, they went missing again.... any clue as to how to make this permanent?

zahir · #10 Post by **zahir** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 4:20 pm

ok its official, ibmuser, i love you man... it worked...!
Following one of the articles you'd given the link of, i set the uPnP to automatic, i just set it back to manual, ended the explorer process and shut down, restarted, and its fine
Did it a couple of times just to make sure....
Thanks man....

ibmuser · #11 Post by **ibmuser** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 3:24 am

glad to know it worked out

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