Windows 10: windows defender icom doesnt show up in tray is it working? how do i make it come back?

one day my windows defender icon randomly diappeared from the tray and i cant figure out how to bring it back

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Win 10 Windows Defender not showing in tray icon

I just upgraded to Win 10 from Win 7 64bit Now there is no Windows Defender tray Icon showing. If I go to and manually turn it on it shows up until I restart computer.

Any suggestions

 

WINDOWS DEFENDER IN SYSTEM TRAY

Hi Peggybiebl,

Hope this will address your query.

Follow the below mentioned steps:

* Click Start,

* Type Windows Defender into the search space and select the
Window Defender from the list to launch the same.

* Keep Windows Defender open on desktop.

* Now Right-click on System-Tray(I.e. On time/date) and select
Customize notification icons from context menu

* On right Select which icons appear on the taskbar under
Quick actions.

* Then search and toggle the Windows Defender to On

Going forward you can see the Windows Defender in the system tray.

Hope this will address your query.

 

WINDOWS DEFENDER IN SYSTEM TRAY

Yes, I have done that part already. However, it will only show the Defender in the system tray after I actually go to the Defender & click on it. It does not show the Defender in the system when I start up my computer right away, as the Windows Essentials
did in Windows 7. I did not have to actually click on that to have it show in the system tray & show that it was on & working. With Defender it seems I still have to manually click on it for it to show in the system tray.