Windows 10: I have a user having issue in taskbar generic account icon is showing in windows 11, I have...

Hi Team,I have a user having issue in taskbar generic account icon is showing in windows 11, I have already tried the troubleshooting mention here where as there is no resolution yet, Please guide.Thanks & Regards,Debalina Das

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Windows 11 taskbar icons not working

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I appreciate your interest in Windows 11. I understand that Taskbar icons are not working after upgrading to Windows 11. I’ll certainly assist you with the issue.



However, please let us know:

1. What happens when you click on an icon on the Taskbar?
   
2. Do you receive any error message/code?
   
3. Does this issue occur with all the icons?
   

Meanwhile, I would suggest you to try re-registering the taskbar and see if that works. Kindly follow the steps mentioned below.

1. Press Windows + X keys together and click on Windows PowerShell (Admin)
   
2. Now type in the following command and hit Enter: Get-AppXPackage -User ([System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent().Name) *ShellExperienceHost* | Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register “$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml”}
   
3. Restart the PC once the command is complete.
   

If the issue persists, you can try creating a new user account and then see if you are able to access the icons on the Taskbar.



Let us know how it goes.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

windows 11 taskbar icons are generic for some apps

I am having this issue and steps above did not help.

The DISM checks were fine (both completed successfully, no issues found)

and the Icon cache rebuild, completely successfully. However the issue persists.

I have a quick fix that helps, but after doing this, the issue has reappeared for me on subsequent reboots.

QUICK FIX (basically unpin and re-pin the icon)

• Click the generic icon to start the associated program.
  
• Right click on the same taskbar icon and select "Unpin from taskbar" (For me, this allows the correct icon to show, and since the program is running... the icon stays in place)
  
• Then, so that you do not lose the icon, before closing the associated program, right click the same taskbar icon again and choose "Pin to taskbar"
  
• Then you can close the associated program.
  

Hope this helps someone in the short term. In the long term, I am still looking for a fix.

 

How to fix taskbar showing generic blank icons on Windows 7 professional?

How to fix taskbar showing generic blank icons on Windows 7 professional?





These icons correspond to Windows Explorer, IE and Office 365 programs.

Steps i took to resolve issue, but did not help are:

1. In order to fix generic blank icon issue on taskbar i killed explorer.exe and restarted it but this did not resolve issue.
2. Ran quick repair on Office 365 & restarted Windows.