Windows 10: Why do custom icons in the taskbar look bad? Can't find any fix for this issue...

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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:

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

Hope it helps.

 

Windows Explorer taskbar icon issue.

I had this same issue, and was lucky enough to fix it by comparing taskbar settings between two users, one whom was not experiencing this.

Another great innovation by Microsoft, adding functions to certain options without telling you.

To fix this, right click on the taskbar, click taskbar settings, you are looking for a dropdown box labeled "Combine Taskbar Buttons" When this is set to "When Taskbar is Full" the icon of file explorer changes to the icon listed on the Navigation Pane. Change this setting to "Always, hide Labels" to ensure the folder icon is always displayed for file explorer.

 

"Issue with taskbar icons"

On my taskbar, I found out that none of my icons on there are appearing (except for the "File Folder").

• I tried going into task manager and resetting "windows exe" (don't remember full name, it looks like a file folder). But it didn't work.
• I tried to unpin the icons from the taskbar and re-pin them onto the task bar, but it didn't work.

Thank you for spending you time to read this, if you do know the answer it would be nice if you told me so I could fix my issue.



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