No system tray

Hanyou's Pasokon · 29-January-04, 06:47 PM

I've got a bit of an problem here. The system tray is gone. The clock is there, but no icons. The volume control is enabled for the system tray and it's not there. The check mark box to enable autohide for the system tray icons is unclickable. Can some one help me fix this?

DuplexEmotions · 29-January-04, 06:57 PM

all I can say is... switch to litestep.

seriously, though, all I can think of is restart explorer.exe and hope for the best

also, what OS?

Hanyou's Pasokon · 29-January-04, 07:17 PM

Windows XP

Restarted explorer and no such luck.

DuplexEmotions · 30-January-04, 06:31 PM

I don't know what to say..... if you have to, install XP on top of XP. you'll lose all your installs, but it should keep everything else.

Slick2145 · 30-January-04, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hanyou's Pasokon


	Windows XP Restarted explorer and no such luck.

Did you also try rebooting the machine.

Also what were the events that happened before it was gone? ie. error messages, program failure, power failure?

Dimazz · 30-January-04, 07:30 PM

is sstray.exe running in the task manager? if not open it up. then gointo msconfig and make sure sstray is enabled on startup, all i can think of

Hanyou's Pasokon · 30-January-04, 07:40 PM

Tried rebotting. And that didn't fix it. XP has been installed 2 or three times leasing up to this, becuase of some problems. We decided that the HD was bad, because we luckily got into windows after having it lock up a number of tiems and when i tried running a program I double clicked it a number of times before it finally was able to read the area of the HD and load it up. At first it would load and then give up. There's a Different drive in it now. Had some difficulties installing it at first, but now it's fine except the system tray. I've gotten around this with object bar. Just recently it would freeze up and then work again, freeze up and work again...over and over. I just restarted and now it seems fine. I'm beginning to wonder if there's more to it.

Hanyou's Pasokon · 30-January-04, 07:47 PM

There is one thing that I'm finding quite disturbing is that some of the same things that are happening to this machine happened to another machine that I used to use, before I gave up on it.

Slick2145 · 30-January-04, 08:48 PM

Just to get a better mental image of your problem could you attach an image of your desktop with the toobar up.

Just in case here are instructions:

1.) Make sure your toolbar is up.
2.) Press Ctrl+Print Screen.
3.) Open paint or simaliar program and paste the image.
4.) Save it and attach it to a new post.

(

: If you have something else to add to your post that you forgot to say then use the edit button don't double post. Also since I forgot in my last post... Welcome to PR!)

Hanyou's Pasokon · 30-January-04, 08:58 PM

ok, here it is.

Slick2145 · 30-January-04, 10:54 PM

It looks like you just don't have any icons activated. Just try this first and then we can go from there.

1.) Control Panel
2.) Sound and Audio Devices
3.) Volume Tab.
4.) Place volume icon in taskbar. (Be sure it is checked)
5.) Click Apply.

Hanyou's Pasokon · 30-January-04, 10:58 PM

already did that, though i'm kind of not worried about it, now wince Objectbar was a good round about way to have a system tray, but of course if i exit objectbar it goes back to the old systemtrayless taskbar.

I've been thinking of the problems I've had with this machine and a previous machine that was hooked up in this very room. The problem may have been cuased by outlet voltage and I may need an AVR. If I had the money I'd get an APC UPS with AVR, but alas I don't exactly have that right now. =/

greyfox · 18-March-04, 02:44 PM

It was working fine an hour ago and then suddenly *poof* they're all gone. Norton Antivirus, Yahoo Messenger, and Outlook have all disappeared from my system tray. They're still running as processes, but I can't get to them because there's no icon in the tray. I rebooted the machine and everything. still no luck. WTF?

Joose · 18-March-04, 02:55 PM

try this:

Go to the following registry key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer]

Find the value "EnableAutoTray" and change it to 1 (it's likely 0 now)

If it's not there, then add it as a dword value.

DuplexEmotions · 18-March-04, 03:48 PM

love your wallpaper, Hanyou!

greyfox · 18-March-04, 05:23 PM

still no good. in properties for the task bar the hide inactive icons option is completely greyed out as well. i've been researching this and it seems it happen when explorer.exe crashes, but it never crashed. one minute they're there, the next they are not. *sigh*

Jonny English · 18-March-04, 05:36 PM

In my experience unexplained PC phenomena is caused by either a virus or a bad PSU ... I think you can rule out the PSU, but I'd update your AV & run a full scan ... probably worth using something like Adaware too

greyfox · 18-March-04, 05:48 PM

i reinstalled my NAV2003 (which i read seemed to be a cause of it) and it worked. *shrug* damn computers. thanks tho guys

godfoot · 18-March-04, 08:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DuplexEmotions


	I don't know what to say..... if you have to, install XP on top of XP. you'll lose all your installs, but it should keep everything else.

Not if your installs are on a seperate partition. That is precisely why only windows and benchmark software make their way to my c partition anymore.

29-January-04, 06:47 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hanyou's Pasokon Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: PA Posts: 22	No system tray I've got a bit of an problem here. The system tray is gone. The clock is there, but no icons. The volume control is enabled for the system tray and it's not there. The check mark box to enable autohide for the system tray icons is unclickable. Can some one help me fix this?

30-January-04, 07:30 PM	#6 (permalink)
Dimazz Sk8-Hoe-r Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Chesterfield, MI Posts: 2,108	is sstray.exe running in the task manager? if not open it up. then gointo msconfig and make sure sstray is enabled on startup, all i can think of __________________

30-January-04, 08:48 PM	#9 (permalink)
Slick2145 Apex Tech Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Massive-Hoe-chusetts Posts: 538	Just to get a better mental image of your problem could you attach an image of your desktop with the toobar up. Just in case here are instructions: 1.) Make sure your toolbar is up. 2.) Press Ctrl+Print Screen. 3.) Open paint or simaliar program and paste the image. 4.) Save it and attach it to a new post. ( : If you have something else to add to your post that you forgot to say then use the edit button don't double post. Also since I forgot in my last post... Welcome to PR!) __________________ *~ United States Marine Corps*

30-January-04, 08:58 PM	#10 (permalink)
Hanyou's Pasokon Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: PA Posts: 22	ok, here it is. Attached Thumbnails

30-January-04, 10:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
Slick2145 Apex Tech Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Massive-Hoe-chusetts Posts: 538	Volume System Tray Icon. It looks like you just don't have any icons activated. Just try this first and then we can go from there. 1.) Control Panel 2.) Sound and Audio Devices 3.) Volume Tab. 4.) Place volume icon in taskbar. (Be sure it is checked) 5.) Click Apply. __________________ *~ United States Marine Corps*

29-January-04, 06:57 PM	#2 (permalink)
DuplexEmotions Bi P-Hoe-lar Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,563	all I can say is... switch to litestep. seriously, though, all I can think of is restart explorer.exe and hope for the best also, what OS?

29-January-04, 07:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
Hanyou's Pasokon Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: PA Posts: 22	Windows XP Restarted explorer and no such luck.

30-January-04, 06:31 PM	#4 (permalink)
DuplexEmotions Bi P-Hoe-lar Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,563	I don't know what to say..... if you have to, install XP on top of XP. you'll lose all your installs, but it should keep everything else.

30-January-04, 07:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
Hanyou's Pasokon Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: PA Posts: 22	Tried rebotting. And that didn't fix it. XP has been installed 2 or three times leasing up to this, becuase of some problems. We decided that the HD was bad, because we luckily got into windows after having it lock up a number of tiems and when i tried running a program I double clicked it a number of times before it finally was able to read the area of the HD and load it up. At first it would load and then give up. There's a Different drive in it now. Had some difficulties installing it at first, but now it's fine except the system tray. I've gotten around this with object bar. Just recently it would freeze up and then work again, freeze up and work again...over and over. I just restarted and now it seems fine. I'm beginning to wonder if there's more to it.

30-January-04, 07:47 PM	#8 (permalink)
Hanyou's Pasokon Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: PA Posts: 22	There is one thing that I'm finding quite disturbing is that some of the same things that are happening to this machine happened to another machine that I used to use, before I gave up on it.

30-January-04, 10:58 PM	#12 (permalink)
Hanyou's Pasokon Apex Techie Lite Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: PA Posts: 22	already did that, though i'm kind of not worried about it, now wince Objectbar was a good round about way to have a system tray, but of course if i exit objectbar it goes back to the old systemtrayless taskbar. I've been thinking of the problems I've had with this machine and a previous machine that was hooked up in this very room. The problem may have been cuased by outlet voltage and I may need an AVR. If I had the money I'd get an APC UPS with AVR, but alas I don't exactly have that right now. =/

18-March-04, 02:44 PM	#13 (permalink)
greyfox Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3	I am having the exact same problem It was working fine an hour ago and then suddenly poof they're all gone. Norton Antivirus, Yahoo Messenger, and Outlook have all disappeared from my system tray. They're still running as processes, but I can't get to them because there's no icon in the tray. I rebooted the machine and everything. still no luck. WTF?

18-March-04, 02:55 PM	#14 (permalink)
Joose Joosey Join Date: May 2003 Location: Milton, Ontario Posts: 5,537	try this: Go to the following registry key: [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer] Find the value "EnableAutoTray" and change it to 1 (it's likely 0 now) If it's not there, then add it as a dword value. __________________ Joose - joosy since 1975 Cheap, Good, Fast - You can only have two out of three.

18-March-04, 03:48 PM	#15 (permalink)
DuplexEmotions Bi P-Hoe-lar Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 3,563	love your wallpaper, Hanyou! __________________ I wrote a haiku but it is not very good so I won't share it. "We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about." -Albert Einstein

18-March-04, 05:23 PM	#16 (permalink)
greyfox Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3	still no good. in properties for the task bar the hide inactive icons option is completely greyed out as well. i've been researching this and it seems it happen when explorer.exe crashes, but it never crashed. one minute they're there, the next they are not. sigh

18-March-04, 05:36 PM	#17 (permalink)
Jonny English Etiquette & English Gentleman Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 5,766	In my experience unexplained PC phenomena is caused by either a virus or a bad PSU ... I think you can rule out the PSU, but I'd update your AV & run a full scan ... probably worth using something like Adaware too __________________ [img] [/img]

18-March-04, 05:48 PM	#18 (permalink)
greyfox Apex Techie Wannabe Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3	i reinstalled my NAV2003 (which i read seemed to be a cause of it) and it worked. shrug damn computers. thanks tho guys

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