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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 all icons remain enabled at the time. How to do this (show all icons in system tray) 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!
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- This post is from 2022. It's 2024 now, and we still don't have a way to "always show all tray icons".
Most applications that have a tray icon also have an option for "hide tray icon". I don't need microsoft to force hide the **bleep** tray icons.
Microsoft keeps adding stupid crap like this to windows instead of streamlining existing stuff. I get why... it's easier to add new code than it is to fix existing, but come on they're just shoveling crap on top of crap instead of fixing stuff, so the OS UI elements become a sluggish mess.
Satya, fix your company.Blank
A couple of weeks ago, I threw together a similar solution in a tiny C++ app. Already posted it previously in the thread, but the post for some weird reason doesn't appear.
Anyway, https://github.com/Aemony/NotifyIconPromote is a similar super-tiny C++ app that can be kept running in the background and will idle and automatically promote all new icons as they appear. It will also adhere to the user's choice of hiding some icons so it will never force the reveal of an already customized icon.
It doesn't have a refresh timer because it has no need of one. On launch, it will check the registry once, and automatically promote any new unconfigured icons, and then it will just sit and wait, sleeping, in the background until a change occurs that warrants its operation. It's also permanently tagged to run in Windows 11's Efficiency Mode so even when it wakes up, it'll always be prioritized below/after any regular foreground or background apps.
- Powershell as admin:
$RegistryPath = 'HKCU:\Control Panel\NotifyIconSettings'
$Name = 'IsPromoted'
$Value = '1'
Get-ChildItem -path $RegistryPath -Recurse | ForEach-Object {New-ItemProperty -Path $_.PSPath -Name $Name -Value $Value -PropertyType DWORD -Force }
All system tray icons now showing, even after restart, enjoy ..this is the solution, the other one does not work (anymore)
- This problem has troubled me for a long time.Until I saw this post, the only solution didn't work.
I registered this account for this. Microshit. - Come on Microsoft. 350, 000 people have viewed this thread looking for a solution.
Put the option "Show all tray icons" back into Windows 11. For me, I want to see whats running in my tray as part of keeping my PC trimmed of unnecessary background rubbish. These days it seems like most apps want their own tray icon running which drives me mad. I want the tray icons front and centre when something new is installed.
Remember when hiding tray icons was a new concept? Now Microsoft has ACTIVELY DISABLED the OPTION to show new tray icons by default. People writing apps and scripts for a simple tick box. Madness. - Another reason why I am starting to hate Windows 11 so much some of these UX/UI decisions are BS sorry to say...its too easy to have an option to show all current system tray icons instead we have to turn on/or off the ones we want essentially making the system tray useless.
I am tired of having to click the little arrow just to show the icons...madness. abdullah5490
Did all of these. Has anyone ever fixed this? this still has no options in taskbar settings. shame on you microsoft.right click on the taskbar
select taskbar settings
scroll down to taskbar corner overflow, expand the list by clicking on the arrow on the right
select 'on' for all items
@abdullah5490 solution works only once. after restart, it goes back to normal
Running a command as an administrator typically requires right-clicking on the application or shortcut and selecting "Run as administrator." However, since you're using the Run prompt, here's how to run it as an administrator:
1. Press Win+R to open the Run prompt.
2. Enter the command you provided: `explorer shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9}`.
3. Before hitting Enter, hold down Ctrl+Shift, then press Enter. This will run the command as an administrator.This will open the specified location in File Explorer with administrative privileges.
- In Windows 11, the option to show all icons in the system tray has been replaced with a new approach that allows you to individually choose which icons to show in the system tray. However, if you still prefer to see all icons in the system tray at once, you can follow these steps:
1.Right-click on the taskbar.
2.Select "Taskbar settings" from the context menu.
3.In the Taskbar settings window, scroll down to the "Notification area" section.
4.Click on "Turn system icons on or off."
5.Toggle on the switches next to the system icons you want to display in the system tray. By default, this list includes icons like Clock, Volume, Network, and Power.IT DOES NOT PERSIST SOME ITEMS WILL HIDE THEMSELFS AGAIN. AND THIS ISNT NEW Urrrrgh Why do we keep getting these generic answers from people that are not actually listening to what we are saying. Sidney1685
Swadelus The issue is that by default any new icon is hidden. This normally wouldn't be an issue, but some applications (for example discord) are not always recognised as the same application when they update (it also means that whenever I pin it to taskbar and it updated the link breaks because it is to a removed "old" executable and not the new one.
The thing which saved this in Win 10 is that by default it showed all icons in the tray unless you hide them, so it didn't matter that it was a "new" icon, it was still visible. I guess, in this way if you did have an app that kept updating but you wanted to hide then you kept having to do that, but I think I prefer the old approach.They should at least include some options to either show all icons or to show new icons by default, but they really want everyone to have a clean mac-like interface rather than the kind of full interface with a taskbar full of information that a lot of power users end up with.
I don't mind that they changed the default, since it matches what they think most people want, its removing the customisability that annoys me.
- Lol so i checked your account. And I'd like to drag everyone who replied in this post along. Do you know you're an ad?
https://media1.tenor.com/m/oc-JRyc4c10AAAAC/south-park-jimmy.gif - See, you say this. So they either changed it recently. In which case. Still F em. This should never have been removed. The start menu in windows 11 is still garbage. And its still one big unorganized S-show as. Windows 11 is an homage to terribleness. The right click menu can only be turned normal through the registry. And i could go on. But I'm tired. Completely done with windows 11. And convinced you are lying about the option you are describing. Because this thread wouldn't exist if that option would have been there.
Also, rereading your comment. "a new approach that allows you to individually choose which icons to show in the system tray" THIS WAS ALWAYS THERE. ITS NOT NEW, THEY CANT REBRAND AN OLD OPTION AS "A NEW APPROACH". YOU WHERE ALWAYS ABLE TO SELECT INDIVIDUALLY. YOUR POST IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD. THIS IS NOT NEW YOU GARBAGE HUMAN BEING.I think this is the section they are trying to reference... but it still does not behave as expected.
This does need to be an easy GPO (gpedit) or reg setting that can be changed globally for the machine.
- After some research, I was able to find a way to enable this in Windows 11. Here are the steps:
Right-click on the taskbar and select "Taskbar settings."
Scroll down to the "Notification area" section and select "Turn system icons on or off."
Toggle on the icons that you want to appear in the system tray. By default, some system icons such as volume, network, and power are already enabled.
Scroll down and select "Select which icons appear on the taskbar."
Toggle on the apps or programs that you want to appear in the system tray.
That's it. Following these steps should allow you to show all icons in the system tray in Windows 11. I hope this helps you.This isn't the issue. Once you do this it just starts randomly hiding icons again and you need to go back in and re enable them. Danestave1115
- To show all icons in the system tray in Windows 11:
Right-click on the taskbar.
Select "Taskbar settings" from the context menu.
Scroll down to the "Notification area" section.
Click on "Turn system icons on or off."
Toggle the switch next to "Power," "Volume," "Network," "Input indicator," and any other icons you want to show in the system tray to the "On" position.
Close the settings window.
All the selected icons will now be visible in the system tray.
