Question Invisible System Tray Icons

[ajburr]

I just reinstalled Windows 10 onto a new SSD, and all seems well except for the fact that there are at least 4 apps that turn invisible in the system tray (Origin, HueSync, SoundBlaster and LGHub among them).

I've tried the following:
In the registry I went to.... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify.

I deleted the value IconStreams. I've seen a recommendation to delete PastIconsStream as well, but I don't see it in the registry.

Any ideas? Thanks.

 

[Colif]

just reinstalled Windows 10 onto a new SSD, and all seems well except for the fact that there are at least 4 apps that turn invisible in the system tray (Origin, HueSync, SoundBlaster and LGHub among them).

that doesn't sound well. You shouldn't need to edit registry ever.. least of all on a new install. Did you make a new Win 10 installer when you installed? Have you updated windows and/or drivers for hardware?

 

[ajburr]

I just wrote a long explanation of what I did, and this website lost it somehow.

Anyway, to answer your question, I accidentally installed Windows 10 Pro from a USB drive. I then found instructions on how to edit the registry to change it to Home, because my product key wasn't working, which it did once I had made the edits.

 

[Colif]

odd, software shouldn't lose posts. If anything it normally remembers what you have typed even if you close the window. The old software used to lose posts all the time. Got to point it was safer to type posts in word and copy.paste.

I am curious if the 4 icons showed up before you made edits? If so, can you show me a link to the fix you did? I don't go into registry often but it might help figure it out. I normally suggest backing up registry before making any changes but its a bit late now.

 

[ajburr]

Here's the instructions I followed: https://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/36510-how-to-fix-blank-system-tray-icons

BTW, I kind of used a workaround. I went into Taskbar settings and clicked on "Select which icons appear in the taskbar". I was able to turn on everything I needed. So, not a fix, but still usable.