Windows 10: Windows blinks with Red icons in the system tray

Dear community,

My Laptop with Windows 10 keeps blinking. this is not simply mouse blinking as the system takes you off and brings you back after seconds.

Also red icon starts appearing in the system tray and keeps multiplying within Hours. as you hover over them, they start disappearing,but the blink never stops.


All this started when I changed my Antivirus from McAfee to Norton. but after a week, I changed it back to McAfee.


All drivers are OK.

how can I stop this issue?


Mahes

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How to recover hidden icon in System tray on Windows 10?

Hi Callum,

As you are facing issues with un-hiding the icon in System tray, we will help you with this issue.

Do let us know which is the icon you have deleted from the system tray for better assistance?

I suggest you to try the below steps to add the icons to Taskbar and check if it helps.

• Press Windows key, click on Settings.
• Click on System> Notifications & actions.
• Click on Select which icons appear on taskbar (to select the icons that appear on Taskbar)
  and also click on Turn system icons on or off

Hope it helps. If the issue still persists, let us know with brief description for further assistance. We will be happy to help you.

Thank you.

 

Red X on system tray connection icon.

Hi,

This might be a network connection issue. If you are connected to the Internet, but can't access it and have a red X on the connection tray icon, follow the troubleshooting steps provided in this support article to help resolve the issue:
Fix network connection issues in Windows 10.

Give us an update on how it goes.

 

Red X on system tray connection icon.