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Kenneth Green
Brass Contributor
Dec 27, 2025

WINDOWS 11 TASKBAR SYSTEM TRAY ICONS KEEP MOVING OUT OF HIDDEN MENU

Hi all

 

I have been setting up a new laptop with Windows 11 25H2 Build 26200.6584 and when I move system tray icons to the hiden menu, about 40 or 50 seconds later windows unhides them and there appear back on the task bar.

It is driving me mad as the task bar looks to cluttered.

If it is a known bug, is there a fix for this?

 

According to google searches, this is a known bug and none of the suggested fixes work..

I have tried:

Re-arrange Icons via Drag-and-Drop.

Restart Windows Explorer.

Disable Fast Startup.

 

Rebuild the Icon Cache using CMD window as admin

I tried to delete the icon cache so windows had to rebuild it but 

taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
del /A:H "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*"
start explorer.exe

 

but it gave the error below.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.26200.6584]
(c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\System32>taskkill /IM explorer.exe /F
SUCCESS: The process "explorer.exe" with PID 10720 has been terminated.

C:\Windows\System32>del /A:H "%localappdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*"
Could Not Find C:\Users\Kenny\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer\iconcache*

C:\Windows\System32>start explorer.exe

C:\Windows\System32>

2 Replies

  • AprilPatel's avatar
    AprilPatel
    Iron Contributor

    This behavior where system tray icons reappear on the taskbar after being hidden in Windows 11 can be caused by several factors, including system glitches, software conflicts, or specific settings.

    • Kenneth Green's avatar
      Kenneth Green
      Brass Contributor

      Hi AprilPatel

       

      Thank you for your response which I appreciate.

       

      Yes, it is a known bug that has been reported by other users ever since Windows 11

      was released but there should have been a fix found or released by now.

       

      For me, this only started since 25H2.

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