Re: Best way to restore sys tray icons?

From: _Vanguard_ (see_signature)
Date: 12/22/04 

Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2004 08:09:02 -0600

"Zarbol Tsar" <zarbol@tsar.net> wrote in message
news:95C78CE7AED2751D7E@130.133.1.4...
> Sometimes I have to clear a problem on my WinXP system by stopping
> and restarting EXPLORER.EXE using TaskManager.
>
> Afterwards not all the icons in the system tray (notification area)
> come back.
>
> How can I get these missing icons back and in particular my system
> tray icon for my Sygate firewall?

Logout, then login.

Killing and restarting explorer.exe (which gets used as the desktop GUI)
results in losing tray icons for applications that don't update their
status. The application is still loaded and responsive but they don't
refresh their icons, probably because that would result in a bunch of
flickering icons and waste CPU cycles to report the same status as
before (i.e., the status is the same way more often than when it
changes). However, I have seen stopping and reloading the application
still does not show its tray icon. Maybe configuring the tray to NOT
hide icons would make those show.

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