I am Windows 10, and I frequently initiate explorer.exe restarts when rebuilding the icon cache, or when I am changing DPI scaling (I am on a 4K display) and want to avoid logging off and on, or when I perform a registry tweak (like making seconds show in the system clock). So I right now, I am dealing with my OCD by creating a batch script that simple kills and restarts the cis.exe process whenever I notice the tray icon missing.

6882, the icon comes back after an explorer.exe restart). All other icons for my other apps come back (and like I said, if running version. I know that the issue occurs whenever there is a restart or crash to Windows Explorer.exe shell. Going back to 6882 makes the problem vanish).Īnyway, I am going to try to stick these out this time. Both installations exhibit dissappearing tray icon issue (to no suprise of mine, because I have been through this process before repeatedly. But, I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade to see if I can deal with my OCD issues. Despite my efforts to upgrade to other versions, I always reverted back to 6882 becuase the system tray icon never dissappeared. I am OCD when it comes to having that system tray icon always showing in the notification area, and that was one of the reasons I stayed with v.

9 icon in system tray