Windows 10: Computer Icon wearing a hat appears in system tray

I have odd behavior suddenly where a computer icon appears in my system tray, sometimes several, and the computer is wearing a hat. I have reverse image searched this icon, and found one other forum thread on it, but no answer has been given to what it is. The only things I have installed since I noticed this happening were Node.Js & npm, Chocolatey, and SourceTree. Any information at all on what this icon indicates would be helpful, because I have no idea. It very closely resembles some of the SSH icons you'd see in PuTTY, but could not find it in their documentation to see if I can figur

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Disappearing System Tray icon

I have a situation where my Macrium Reflect "backup-in-progress" icon stops being displayed. I've reported this to Macrium, but I'd like to better understand what is going on ... including how System Tray (a.k.a. notification area) icons are displayed.

I'm running Win 10 2004 and (if it matters) Macrium Reflect Home 7.3.5289.

This problem regularly occurs on only 1 of my 4 computers, and appears to be associated with Remote Desktop access and/or disconnected mode.

On "attended" computers (i.e., not using RDP access) the backup icon is always displayed, either in the System Tray or in the list of hidden icons, when MR runs a backup. But access via RDP seems to mess this up. I can reproduce the problem on any (well, at least 2) of my computers by the following scheme:

1. Start with the computer in a "Locked" state.
2. Connect to the computer using Remote Desktop.
3. Manually start a scheduled backup. The icon appears in System Tray.
4. Disconnect the Remote Desktop connection. This puts the computer in a Locked state but the backup runs to completion.
5. Wait for the computer to enter Sleep state.
6. Wake the computer with "Wake on Lan" processing and connect with Remote Desktop again.
7. Manually start another backup. This time the icon is not displayed.
8. Disconnect Remote Desktop and log in locally.
9. Start another backup. The icon is still not displayed.
10. Reboot and start another backup. The icon is displayed.

I know nothing about the Windows notification processing so this my be a really dumb question, but is there something trying to display a Systems Tray icon while Windows is running disconnected that would make Windows flag the icon as unusable? I know that can't be universal since I have most of my System Tray icons seem bothered by this.

 

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.

 

Windows Defender Icon not appearing on system tray

I am a Windows 10 user. I uninstalled Norton AV after I received advise to do so from the Microsoft community experts. I did remove it and activated Windows Defender. But the windows defender
icon is not visible in the system tray. I tried various means. I am not an IT expert. So didn't succeed. Can someone suggest me a method using which the system tray would show the windows defender icon?

My concern is, Norton icon used to be seen and whenever there was an issue with system security, the icon would either turn red or appear with warning signs. That assisted me to work and resolve the issue.

I would want the windows defender to help me identify and warn. Please help. Thanks.