"Show all icons in system tray" option in windows11

[abdullah5490]

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?

[#2]

The fact that this capability was removed is one of the most bizarre choices. As one earlier poster said, an individual at Microsoft had to willingly decide to remove the ability to show all system tray icons, and then work to make it impossible using the basic settings options. Meanwhile we are spending time trying to find and test homebrew solutions to a very simple problem that they caused. The run command recommendation did not work, but dragging the icons out of the "hidden" arrow zone to the between the other visible icons does seem to work, for now.

[#3]

Thanks so much, yes i am also using that method. At least, all icons are accessable through this.

[#4]

I almost fell in love with this reply. I almost turned you into a Win11 god. The option exists. When you tick that box it, for some some very dark and obscure reason, it can't be turned off ever again. Nevermore! Oh, Lenore! But nevermind: it changes nothing.
Win11 is a terrible OS, irredeemable in any way.
Thanks for your secret. You brought hope and light to this soul for a second. Sadly MS has bound us in darkness forever and has determined to keep us, an our icons, forever there.

No, this is not ChatGPT, it's what MS in instilling in me right now. It's this or I'll fcking punch this new machine I have. Poor hardware, always paying and enduring for software errors.
I can't touch a Win11 PC with a 10 foot pole. My eyes hurt, my heart weeps, what has become of MS? I mean, they always been bad... but they have surpassed all their standards so far and wide!

[#5]

Dude thank you so much. This was one of the most annoying things about 11, And i have been looking for a fix for ages.

[#6]

What do you mean? There is still NO fix, so what kind of fix do you mean?

[#7]

@lord1024 

There is a fix which works well - I have been using it for ages. Go to your systray, click on the up-arrow which'd displays the missing icons.  Click and drag it or them into the systray.  If you update your graphics adaptor, for example, you may need to do it again - but the icons moved in this way stay there!

[#8]

@abdullah5490 

https://www.majorgeeks.com/content/page/show_all_icons_system_tray.html#google_vignette outlined it beautifully. Worked for me the first time around and I guess every time around.

Hope it helps others too.

[#9]

Well this is by far the best fix I've found so far, thank you.

[#10]

Thank you!

[#11]

but you have to do it for each new program and this doesn't even stick (I've had Discord and other programs revert to hidden later)

[#12]

But it takes less than a second to drag them into the right place. . .

[#13]

@hughletheren 

But also tomorrow. And overmorrow. And the day after tomorrow. And so on. 

The situation is still crazy and there is no solution. 

Of course it is no problem for low-end users and I understand that Microsoft wants to hide the icons for a clean look. As a standard setting I fully agree with Microsoft. 

But for advanced users who have to test and/or reinstall some applications very often or if they have to take a look at the information that the icons changes it is totally crazy that they have to do it again and again and again. 

I really hope that microsoft will delete the key combination CTRL+A in Windows 12 because then we have to select each file separately and it only takes one second per icon 🙂 

[#14]

@lord1024 I truthfully think that it's a bad practice to hide what is running in the taskbar for the average user. I truthfully don't care that I have to jump through hoops to show all icons personally, I think it sucks for the average user the most.

I do agree with everyone commenting for sure.

[#15]

@misterpinkwindowshelp nope.  That's for Win10, not Win11.

[#16]

Thanks for clarifying this but misterpinkwindowshelp's post was exactly one year ago 🙂

There is still NO solution. I have to move some icons EVERY day!

[#17]

@lord1024 Yeah it didn't persist after a restart. So never mind lol.

[#18]

@misterpinkwindowshelp 
Hello, did you get the Windows version wrong? What you write works in Windows 10, but not in Windows 11, which the questioner refers to.

[#19]

@haruncosovic is there a group policy or registry key that accomplishes the same thing for all users?

[#20]

@abdullah5490 

Using shell:::{05d7b0f4-2121-4eff-bf6b-ed3f69b894d9} does still bring up the "option", but is no longer usable.

The only thing you can actually do now is just drag each systray icon out of the popup window and down to the tray.

[#21]

yes, thankyou, it is working this way.