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"Show all icons in system tray" option in windows11
To always show all the Icons in the System Tray or Notification area of Windows 11/10, follow these steps:
1. Press Win+R to open the Run prompt.
2. Enter this value: explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}
3. Tick the Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar checkbox.
4. Click the OK button.Hope this helps everyone!
abdullah5490solution is greatly appreciated, but unfortunately this seems to be a temporary solution. This is incredibly frustrating as this is not merely a cosmetic issue but affects whether you know an upload has finished synchronising, status notifications from other apps. Having to keep clicking on the up arrow to make sure if a change has occured (dropbox, for example) is a waste of time.
hughletheren The OneNote icon getting pushed back to the hidden ones with each update. So does the Dropbox one. As well as the Discord one.
I wonder if one could just script the api-calls required to get them back.
- This solves all your issues with windows 11: https://pureinfotech.com/downgrade-windows-11-10/
Honestly, this seems like such a no-brainer fix. The system tray is sometimes the only way you can tell that certain programs are running or performing tasks. Someone at Microsoft had to actually take the time to remove a function that I'm pretty sure has been present since XP. This is right up there with changing the four basic edit commands into meaningless unlabeled icons. This regressive push towards hieroglyphics and mystery interfaces needs to stop.
