Windows 10: Taskbar Icons Disappear at Start-Up or Re-Start

Discus and support Taskbar Icons Disappear at Start-Up or Re-Start in Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance to solve the problem; Hi, The program icons all disappear from the task-bar when I start or restart in Windows 10. But, if I right-click on the task-bar and select: Task... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Performance & Maintenance' started by Tango61, Apr 27, 2016.

  1. TANGO61
    Tango61 Win User

    Taskbar Icons Disappear at Start-Up or Re-Start


    Hi,

    The program icons all disappear from the task-bar when I start or restart in Windows 10. But, if I right-click on the task-bar and select: Task Manager > Windows Explorer (right-click) > restart, I get all my icons back until my next start-up or restart and then they’re all gone again. How do I fix the start-up process or is it something else?

    Thanks in anticipation!

    Tim.

    :)
     
    Tango61, Apr 27, 2016
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  2. PHILIPVR
    PhilipvR Win User

    OneDrive

    My OneDrive starts up, then the icon disappears from the taskbar and OneDrive becomes inactive. How can I fix this ?
     
    PhilipvR, Apr 27, 2016
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  3. KGRAVESIT
    KGravesIT Win User
    Taskbar and Start Menu Not Working Properly

    My computer went on the fritz this afternoon - no changes where made by me. First I lost access to the notifications area, wouldn't click to open. After a re-start I lost right click on the taskbar, the MS store icon disappeared and won't open, the calculator
    icon disappeared and won't open. The bottom of my start menu looks like this:


    Taskbar Icons Disappear at Start-Up or Re-Start [​IMG]


    You can also see the blank spots in the taskbar in the image.

    I don't know if the tiles/taskbar need to be re-set or what went on, any help will be appreciated.
     
    KGravesIT, Apr 27, 2016
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  4. DALCHINA
    dalchina New Member

    Taskbar Icons Disappear at Start-Up or Re-Start

    Hi, welcome to the now-you-see-it, now-you don't-mysterious world of Win 10.

    That's a new one as far as I've seen. Could you clarify:
    Did you upgrade or clean install Win 10?
    Since you installed Win 10, has this always been so, or was it working ok and then 'broke'?

    Meanwhile:
    1. If it was ok, then broke, do you have any relevant system restore points?
    System Restore is peculiarly off by default in Win 10, so you won't unless you turned it on.


    Before doing the following you may like to create a disk image (e.g. Macrium reflect (free) - highly recommended here) or a system restore point to make recovery easy.
    2. Does this happen after a clean boot?
    Clean Boot - Perform in Windows 10 to Troubleshoot Software Conflicts - Windows 10 Forums

    3. Download and install Shellexview (free).
    Launch it, hide all MS extensions, disabling all others, and note the 32 bit option in Options which exposes more extensions.
    Do you experience the same symptoms?
     
    dalchina, Apr 27, 2016
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