Windows 10: Taskbar system icons randomly shifting to the hidden area

I am using windows 10 on an HP laptop. I have chosen which icons I want on the taskbar volume, internet and battery in the "turn system icons on or off" section and have none that I want in the hidden notification area. Once in a while, randomly and for no apparent reason with no changes in the system, no new windows downloads, no nothing, one or more of these icons goes into hiding in the hidden notification area and I have to drag them out. Could not find any answer in several google searches. Does a

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System Icons on taskbar

Hi,

Thank you for posting on Microsoft Communities.

Are you referring to the clock system icon on the taskbar?

If so, I suggest you to follow the steps mentioned below:

• 
  Click on the search bar on the taskbar.
  
• 
  Type system icons.
  
• 
  Under Turn System Icons ON or OFF, turn On the Clock and check with the issue.
  

Hope it helps.

 

Taskbar icons

Hi,

To address your concern, follow the steps below on how to show hidden icons on the taskbar.

• Open Settings, and click on the Personalization
  icon.
• Click on Taskbar on the left side, and click on the
  Select which icons appear on the taskbar link under the Notification area section on the right.
• Turn on Always show all icons in the notification area at the top

Let us know how it goes.

 

Icons in Taskbar Notification Area

Hi idogat,

I don't know for sure. Maybe random as well as some other factor(s) is the best answer I can give.

I just now moved an icon from the taskbar area to the hidden icons menu, after which I checked those "Select which icons appear on the taskbar" settings, and the icon I moved was now turned "off".

Sometimes, an app goes missing altogether from that "Select which icons appear on the taskbar" settings list, whereupon I must launch the missing app, so that it will be added to that list, after which I must manually turn it "on".

I've experienced this pattern/behavior, such as it is, for quite some time now.