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abdullah5490
Brass Contributor
May 11, 2022
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"Show all icons in system tray" option in windows11

Hello there. Subject said that all. This option was available till windows10 in taskbar and start menu settings, but in windows11, I found a settings to enable notification icons one by one, and not ...
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    haruncosovic
    Dec 18, 2022

    abdullah5490 

    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!

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ZachWSays
Copper Contributor
May 24, 2025

THIS NEEDS TO BE MARKED AS SOLUTION!!!

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Bobbert
Brass Contributor
May 27, 2025

Nol. It's not a solution because this only makes existing hidden icons visible. After applying this, Windows continues to hide icons from new/updated software. Running that script is the same as dragging the existing tray icons one by one out of the hidden area. When that software updates, or you get new software, the tray icon for those will become hidden again.

The real solution would be to:

A. make all icons default to visible instead of default hidden or,
B. treat icons as visible even when IsPromoted is set to 0.