Taskbar icons vanished!

[larkspur]

After updates my taskbar icons have vanished. I have Windows 10, I have tried the trick of sliding the bar to the right and then back to the bottom but this does nothing for me. any help at all please?

[jusnoneed]

Googled problem.
First option says press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to open Task Manager (easier way I got it by right click on clear Taskbar) then find Windows Explorer (I used search box to find it) in list, right click on it and select Restart. Don't know what happens then as not wanting to try it myself.

Not sure if this will help but if you right click on a clear part of the taskbar you will be able to Task Settings. On there you can scroll down to Notifications and then check that the icons are turned on.

[larkspur]

Thank you for your reply. I did right click on the empty bar. The settings are showing the icon setting as non click able. I cannot move the slider to on. It is greyed out.

[Chris Doran]

If the Task Manager approach doesn't work, press Windows/R and enter explorer in the Open: box.

[jusnoneed]

Have you looked in Settings and Personalisation - Taskbar?

[Gadget]

I was just about to say:

Try

Settings -

Personalisation
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Taskbar




Gadget

[larkspur]

Thank you all. I will try these out tommorow.

[larkspur]

Hello Gadget, yes I can get onto the taskbar settings with no problem. When I go on "Notification area" and click "select which icons appear on taskbar" I get a slider that says always show all icons in the notification area. I slide this to ON but when I go back to Taskbar settings page it then clicks to off. Also on the taskbar Under " Multiple displays " the taskbar is OFF but  I cannot use this slider to put it on as it is greyed out. Under the "turn system icons on or off" the clock is ON volume/Network and power are greyed out and not slide able. I can slide all the others with no problem.

[Gadget]

Not sure ...and I've now got problems with my Win 11 set up. It's reverted!