Problem:
“The system tray will not show standard system icons for volume, network, and/or power. Standard troubleshooting has failed me! Please, Tim’s Tech Tips, help me! (64-bit Vista Home Premium, all updated completed.)”Attempt #1:
Let’s try this first – Simply right-click on a blank area of the taskbar, and then click on Properties. Once there, look to the bottom of that window. Do you see the check-boxes for the icons you’re missing?
Response:
“That was the first place I checked, but in that window, all of the check-boxes are grayed out (pic attached). I’ve checked audio settings and everything, in control panel… no luck! :-(“Click "Read More" for the continuation
Solution:
Ok, try this –--BEFORE MAKING ANY CHANGES TO YOUR REGISTRY, TAKE A BACKUP--
First, go to your start menu and type “regedit” [enter]
(or, in XP; click start, then run, then “regedit” [enter])
Go to File->Export; then navigate to a good, and safe location for a backup where you won’t accidentally open that file in the future (C:\ is good) – and name it something like “OLD_REG.reg”. That is your backup.
Once you have a registry backup, click on HKEY__CURRENT_USER, then Software, then Classes, then Local Settings, then Software, then Microsoft, Windows, then Currentversion, then TrayNotify.
(Full path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify)
Finally, delete these two keys: IconStreams, and PastIconsStream
If you’re still unable to check the boxes for those icons (from the properties window I mentioned earlier), restart explorer.exe:
Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc)An interesting fix to a unique problem. Hope you enjoyed the read!
Go to the Processes tab.
Right-click Explorer.exe and click “End Process” (or something that sounds like that)
In that same window, click on “New Task” (or hold the Windows Key and press R).
Type “Explorer.exe” and hit Enter.
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