Windows 10: Notification Area (System Tray) Icons Re-Arranging Themselves

Discus and support Notification Area (System Tray) Icons Re-Arranging Themselves in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; Hello, sometimes when I Shut Down & start up, or Restart, the computer, my Notification Area (System Tray) icons tend to re-arrange themselves... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by pepanee, Sep 30, 2016.

  1. pepanee Win User

    Notification Area (System Tray) Icons Re-Arranging Themselves


    Hello, sometimes when I Shut Down & start up, or Restart, the computer, my Notification Area (System Tray) icons tend to re-arrange themselves slightly. I have to manage to re-arrange them the way to maximize my productivity for the computer. Is there some sort of temporary cache that I need to reset or something?

    I have two *.bat files that have been prepared by a moderator for Microsoft Windows 10 that I saved on my computer as fixes, yet they are not related to what I talked about in the previous paragraph:
    • Rebuild Icon Cache For Windows 10.bat
    • Reset Clear Pinned Apps On The Taskbar.bat

    Is there a fix for this one too?

    :)
     
    pepanee, Sep 30, 2016
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  2. ms1406 Win User

    Missing Notification area Icon in Windows 10 control Panel

    When Iinstalled Windows 10 the Notification Area was long in the task bar, but the PC crashed so I had to reset windows 10. Initially all the non-Windows applications were removed. I had to re-install them again, since the refresh/reset I have
    noticed that the Notification Area is minimal and to see all icons I have to use the up arrow on the side of the system tray. I have looked in the Control Panel and disappeared that the Notification Area Icon is not available. I have tried Refresh/Reset again
    just to get the icon back in the Control Panel. This has not happened. Has
    Microsoft permanently removed the Notification Area Icon from the control Panel? If so, how can I increase the length of the Notification Area/System Tray in the Task Bar?
     
    ms1406, Sep 30, 2016
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  3. Linney Win User
    Linney, Sep 30, 2016
    #3
  4. pepanee Win User

    Notification Area (System Tray) Icons Re-Arranging Themselves

    No, nothing? Does anyone know what could be causing this? Because it just randomly started doing this. On some occasions when I start the computer up, it does it. No one experienced this?
     
    pepanee, Oct 4, 2016
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  5. pepanee Win User
    Okay I found this: Notification Area Icons - Reset in Windows 10 - Windows 10 Forums
    But it still didn't work. That icon that doesn't remember where it's supposed to be. It forgets everything and re-arranges itself.

    Yet I did figure out a solution. Need to rename the exe file's name (not move it to a different folder) and use the new file name instead.
     
    pepanee, Apr 4, 2018
    #5
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