Windows 10: Action Center, Network, Sound icons, and Date/Time in system tray unresponsive to...

Hi,


The subject line pretty much explains the issue. When I left-click on any of the icons mentioned, nothing happens, meaning I can't use any of the interfaces connected with these because they don't open.


Just to clarify, none of these are missing, and they behave appropriately otherwise (highlighting on mousing over, reordering the icons, and a context menu appearing on right-clicking). Other system icons are present and do work as expected, such as "Safely Remove Hardware and Eject Media", and Windows Security, but as far as I can tell the specific ones I described do not.


Other methods that should open Action Center (right-clicking and choosing "Open Action Center") and the network interface (Settings -> Network and Internet -> Status -> Show available networks) also fail.


Windows is fully updated (as of this being posted), and I've tried a couple of likely-seeming solutions, like restarting my PC and restarting explorer.exe, but nothing has worked so far.


So, any suggestions? Thanks.

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Change appearance of the Action Center Icons in System Tray

Hello @rklevy, welcome to tenforums.com!

You can't change those icons. They reside in one of the highest permission system files. You'll nuke your OS if you try!