Windows 10: Icons Missing on Task Bar - WIN 10

Some of my icons are gone and font show up in the task bar. If I hover over the preview shows. help please?



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No Icons visible in task bar, Win 10

Hi Richard,

Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows 10.

As you are facing issues with icons in the Task bar after November update, do let us know the following:

• Is this issue confined only with icons in the Task bar?
• What happens when you try to click on those icons?
• What exactly do you mean by: "they are there but not visible"?

Method 1: If you are referring to showing up of different icons in Task in System tray, I suggest you to try the below and check if it helps.

• Press Windows key from the Keyboard, type
  Turn system icons On or Off and select it.
• Try to turn on the icons that are visible.

Method 2:

Step 1: If not, I suggest you to place the computer in safe mode and check if the icons are visible to access.

Refer: Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10


If the issue still persists,

Step 2: This issue might have occurred due to corrupted or missing system files after the update. I suggest you to place the computer in normal mode and try to perform SFC scan.

Steps: Place the computer in normal mode.

• Press Windows + R keys to open
  Run command.
• Type msconfig and press
  Enter.
• In the System Configuration
  window, click on General tab.
• Select Start-up selection as Normal startup, click on Apply and Ok.
• Follow onscreen instructions.

Perform SFC scan, System File Checkeris a utility in Windows that allows users to scan for corruptions in Windows system files and restore corrupted files.

Follow the below steps:

• Right click on the Start button, click on
  Command Prompt (Admin).
• Type “sfc /scannow” without the quotes and hit
  Enter.
• After the scan, restart the computer and check for the issue.

Hope it helps. Reply to the post with an updated status of this issue with required information, we will be happy to help you.

 

battery icon on task bar

Hi Pete,

Windows 10 has a feature to personalize your task bar icons. To retrieve the missing battery icon on your taskbar, kindly follow the steps below:

• Right click on the taskbar and select Settings.
• Under Notification Area, click Turn system icons on or off.
• Look for Power and toggle Power to On. Your battery icon should appear in the system tray again.

Let us know if this worked.

 

The web icon on the Task Bar is missing.

Background:

This is a Dell Venue 11, Pro (5130-32 Bit) PC, early 2016 I updated from Win 8.1 to 10.

The PC has been on auto Win updates. Update: 1607((KB4013429, was unsuccessful during March and part of April 2017. Presently Update
1607 (KB4015217) is being tried since 4/12/2017 and has failed.

When I try to use the computer a message pop-up: "restart, upgrade unsuccessful ".

On 4/29/201 I went to Task Scheduler and disabled " updates...". This did not stop the auto updates?

Today the web icon is not on the task bar where there are icons for: window files, excel, power point, word etc icons. Yesterday I did not have this problem.

Now click on the "Window Icon", go to the Tablet screen,, with many boxes icon including the Window Edge browser icon.

I have restarted the PC a couple of times. No change. Will appreciate your suggestions. Thanks.

About 30 minutes ago, while trying options. I clicked on the Win icon, that opened as Tablet screen. On the Tablet screen there is the,
Win edge square,( with other squares). With finger I dragged the Win Edge Web square to the Task Bar. This left a Win edge icon on the Task bar. When the edge icon on the task was clicked I was on the
Internet. I restarted the PC and the edge icon came back on the Task bar, Maybe this worked as this PC also works in Tablet mode. However the
above mentioned auto Window upgrades have failed and that concerns me. Wish I could stop auto upgrades. Any suggestions. Thank you.