Windows 10: Windows Mail App Not Displaying Notifications Correctly For New Emails On Task Bar/Start Menu

Hi,


Sometimes when using the default Windows Mail app with my Outlook account, I don't receive notifications alerts for new emails and other times it works fine.


I receive the action centre notification fine, but the mail icon pinned to the Start & Taskbar sometimes won't show the new notification i.e. the number 1 over the mail icon.


I have tried resetting the Mail app, re-adding my account, tweaking the notification settings in the app and in windows and nothing so far has fixed it.


Any ideas what else I can try to fix my notification issue?


I am running the latest version of Windows Home 64-bit.

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My mail app has disappeared from my app list since the recent update. How can I add 'Mail. to my start menu and task bar?

 

new email notifications

Greetings MikeHubert,

My name is and I'm here to help you.

First, you must make sure app notifications are enabled in Windows. To do this, open the Start menu and click “Settings”, then follow this simple steps:

1. On the “Settings” dialog box, click the “System” icon.
2. On the “System” screen, click “Notifications & actions” in the list of items on the left.
3. To enable app notifications, click the slider button under “Show app notifications” in the “Notifications” section on the right side of the “System” screen so the button changes to “On”.
4. Close the “Settings” dialog box by clicking the “X” button in the upper-right corner.

Open the Mail app by clicking the “Mail” tile on the Start menu.

NOTE: If you have the Search box available on the Taskbar, you can enter “Mail” into the Search box and open the Mail app from the search results.

1. At the bottom of the left pane on the Mail app window, click “Switch to settings”.
2. The “Settings” menu pane flies out from the right side of the screen. Click “Options”.
3. Scroll down to the “Notifications” section at the bottom of the “Options” pane and click the slider button under “Show in action center” so it changes to “On”.
4. To have Windows display a flyout notification above the notification bar on the Taskbar when a new email is received, click the “Show a notification banner” check box so there is a check mark in the box.
5. To close the “Options” pane, click the envelope icon at the bottom of the right pane on the Mail app window.
6. To close the Mail app, click the “X” button in the upper-right corner of the window.

Regards,

 

Unable to access Start menu, Search bar, notification buttons on Task bar after install the Update KB3139907 on Windows 10

Hi John,

Thank you for responding.

We are glad to know that you are able to access Search bar and notification center after performing the above troubleshooting steps.

For the issues with Start menu, try the below steps.

Step 1: I suggest you to run the below PowerShell command to re-register Start menu and check if it helps.

Follow:

• 
  Right click on the Taskbar and select
  Task Manager from the context menu.
  
• 
  In the Task Manager window, click on
  File and on Run new task.
  
• 
  Type powershell, place a check mark on
  Create this task with administrative privileges and click Ok.
  
• 
  In the administrative Windows PowerShell window, carefully type the below command and hit Enter key from the keyboard.
  

• 
  Get-appxpackage -all *shellexperience* -packagetype bundle |% {add-appxpackage -register -disabledevelopmentmode ($_.installlocation + “\appxmetadata\appxbundlemanifest.xml”)}
  

5. Once the command execution is completed successfully, close the PowerShell window and reboot/ restart the computer.

NOTE: When you are running the PowerShell command, I recommend you to close all the apps on your system and try.

If the issue still persists,

Step 2: I suggest you to try the troubleshooting steps mentioned in the below Microsoft article and check if it helps.

Get help with the Windows 10 Start menu

Hope it helps. Kindly update the status of this issue for further assistance.