Windows 10: Restoring a functional W.L.M. icon to the Task Bar

I recently added an icon to the QuickLaunch, that made it over-flow, but have since 'corrected' that so it no longer over-flows. By co-incidence or otherwise, Windows Live Mail icon no longer displays as an UNhidden icon with the tell-tale-mark indicating that new mail has arrived. Yesterday the icon-with-the-mark still showed IN the systray but NOT outside it like it used to, and today the icon-inside-the-systray no longer even showed the tell-tale-mark of new email having arrived. How can I restore the former behaviour of a W.L.M.-icon-with-the-mark appearing OUTSIDE the systray after new mail has arrived ?

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Restoring a functional W.L.M. icon to the Task Bar

I recently added an icon to the QuickLaunch, that made it over-flow, but have since 'corrected' that so it no longer over-flows. By co-incidence or otherwise, Windows Live Mail icon no longer displays as an UNhidden icon with the tell-tale-mark indicating that new mail has arrived. Yesterday the icon-with-the-mark still showed IN the systray but NOT outside it like it used to, and today the icon-inside-the-systray no longer even showed the tell-tale-mark of new email having arrived. How can I restore the former behaviour of a W.L.M.-icon-with-the-mark appearing OUTSIDE the systray after new mail has arrived ?

 

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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.