Windows 10: does Event Viewer show when icons appear in the Notifications Area systray?

Hi, i don't see a Task Manager > Services or Startup entry for icons that automatically appear in the Windows 10 Notifications Area icons -- sometime shortly after the computer restarts and the user logs in.I'm a newbie to Event Viewer.Have searched using multiple SE's and can't find a way to see if there is a log kept on when the icons listed in the Settings > Select which icons appear:cut short my list for security Is there a way to see ones such as Antiviruses or browser fast-starts like Chrome -- to see either when they started up OR when they appeared there -- in the Event Vie

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Outlook New E-mail Icon doesn't show in Systray (Notification Area)

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I'm really familiar with Windows XP. I've used Win 7 for a while, and I've used Win 10 for only a month or so, but I'm moderately PC literate.

I'm not sure how to check Windows Update history.

This is a work computer and I don't have admin rights or the option to uninstall updates or image the hard drive.

I mentioned something to our IT support department, but I thought I would get faster and more accurate help here.

I checked that menu item previously. From what I can tell, this is similar to the WinXP menu that you got when you right-clicked and selected "Customize" in the systray - except that had the option to hide, show briefly, and show always an icon. Win 10 just has ON ("Always Show") and OFF ("Show Briefly").

The problem (which was an issue with WinXP also) is there is an outlook icon and it is in the Systray, but there is no "new unread mail" icon, so there is no way to select it.

And as I understand Win10 - this menu wouldn't make the icon appear - it can't be permanently hidden. Setting it ON in this menu makes it permanently seen and setting it OFF sets it so it is only visible when I click the up arrow. I've found that if I drag the icon to or from the hidden (up arrow) portion of the Systray, it does the same thing.

I looked there and that box was checked. I unchecked it, closed Outlook, re-enabled it and closed and opened Outlook and nothing changed.

More info - "I" personally haven't made any recent changes to the system. Not sure what might have been done in the background by Windows or our IT staff.

New mail icons were appearing last week.

As far as I can tell, I am not getting ANY notifications of new mail. Having said that, I use small taskbar icons and don't have Outlook pinned, so I wouldn't see the taskbar change, I think I have desktop notifications turned off, I don't use the speakers, so I wouldn't hear Play a Sound if that were enabled. I previously hid the Action Center, but I turned it back on and don't see any notifications there.

If I go to Settings - System - Notifications and Actions: I have "Get Notifications from Apps and other senders" ON, and "Outlook 2016" ON, but I don't get notifications. "Skype for Business 2016" is off, but when it was on, I got notifications, and ErgoSuite doesn't have a menu setting, but I get notifications from it, so some notifications are working.

(Also - I prefer NOT to get notifications other than the systray icon - but I am trying to point out that I don't seem to be getting ANY notifications (from Outlook) ...)