Windows 10: Wifi icon does not appear.

I have Windows 10 on my laptop and it was connected to wifi before and it worked great. I turned on my computer this afternoon and out of nowhere I can't connect to wifi or don't even see a wifi icon. It keeps telling me that ethernet is disconnected, but I never connected it with an ethernet cable.

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Wifi network not appearing after recent Win 10 monthly patch

Someone else on another forum suggested I switch the wifi freq on my Android Nexus 5x. So I switched it from 5ghz to 2.4 and it worked! Problem solved. Now my Nexus hotspot is again appearing in my Win 10 list of available wifi networks. So problem was with Android and not Windows.

 

Icon Bug on WiFi selection (Rectangle appearing in front of Signal)

Thank you for the response. I've turned off airplane mode and it's still exhibiting the problem. Weirdly though, turning off WiFi seems to display the signal strength without the box. My WiFi networks are all secure though, but it still appears in unprotected networks.

Thank you for the suggestion, I've ran the batch file to rebuild the icons but the issue is still persistent. Could this be a conflict within an entry in the Registry Editor? I'm not sure what's the exact address to refresh it or check if it's unedited.

 

wifi icon missing on windows 10.

I tried all the suggestions listed beforehand and my wifi icon has gone from the notifications area as well as the list in the settings for the task bar and notification area. does anyone know how to get it back? none of the suggestions so far have worked.