systray.exe not displaying all icons

[Guest YellowTump]

I'm having a problem with the display in my System Tray (aka Notification

area). It's worked fine since the computer was new (about a year) but

recently the Volume control has disappeared, as has the 'Safely Remove

Hardware' icon, which used to appear when I had a USB card reader attached.

 

I've also noticed that the Instant Messenger icon has re-appeared, although

I've done my best to kill it permanently. Other icons (notably BBC iPlayer)

are sometimes there, sometimes not, but that's not a big issue.

 

I've followed the procedure for re-displaying the Volume Icon (both in Task

Bar and Control Panel), and got it to reappear, but I cannot get the 'Safely

Remove Hardware' to re-appear.

 

Any suggestions to resolve these irritations, please ?

[Guest Rey Santos]

RE: systray.exe not displaying all icons

 

>'Safely Remove Hardware' icon, which used to appear when I had a USB card

reader attached.

 

If you insert your USB card reader back or any USB mass storage device to

your USB ports , does the icon appear? In my case it appears when I insert a

mass storage device on the USB ports like my USB hard drive and flash drive.

--

Rey

 

 

"YellowTump" wrote:

> I'm having a problem with the display in my System Tray (aka Notification

> area). It's worked fine since the computer was new (about a year) but

> recently the Volume control has disappeared, as has the 'Safely Remove

> Hardware' icon, which used to appear when I had a USB card reader attached.

>

> I've also noticed that the Instant Messenger icon has re-appeared, although

> I've done my best to kill it permanently. Other icons (notably BBC iPlayer)

> are sometimes there, sometimes not, but that's not a big issue.

>

> I've followed the procedure for re-displaying the Volume Icon (both in Task

> Bar and Control Panel), and got it to reappear, but I cannot get the 'Safely

> Remove Hardware' to re-appear.

>

> Any suggestions to resolve these irritations, please ?

>

>

[Guest YellowTump]

RE: systray.exe not displaying all icons

 

Well it certainly wasn't yesterday when I was downloading images using a card

reader. That's what prompted my first post. I've fiddled about since then,

and checking now it is showing both for my U3 stick and the card reader (when

inserted).

 

So far so good, but it has this variability about it. Right now the BBC

iPlayer icon isn't showing at all, and the IM icon is 'hidden'. Having just

used the arrow to reveal the hidden icons, the arrow itself has now gone !

 

In Task Manager > Processes I looked for 'systray.exe', and don't see it. I

do have 'stsystra.exe'. Could that be relevant ?

 

--

Tim

 

 

"Rey Santos" wrote:

> >'Safely Remove Hardware' icon, which used to appear when I had a USB card

> reader attached.

>

> If you insert your USB card reader back or any USB mass storage device to

> your USB ports , does the icon appear? In my case it appears when I insert a

> mass storage device on the USB ports like my USB hard drive and flash drive.

> --

> Rey

>

>

> "YellowTump" wrote:

>

> > I'm having a problem with the display in my System Tray (aka Notification

> > area). It's worked fine since the computer was new (about a year) but

> > recently the Volume control has disappeared, as has the 'Safely Remove

> > Hardware' icon, which used to appear when I had a USB card reader attached.

> >

> > I've also noticed that the Instant Messenger icon has re-appeared, although

> > I've done my best to kill it permanently. Other icons (notably BBC iPlayer)

> > are sometimes there, sometimes not, but that's not a big issue.

> >

> > I've followed the procedure for re-displaying the Volume Icon (both in Task

> > Bar and Control Panel), and got it to reappear, but I cannot get the 'Safely

> > Remove Hardware' to re-appear.

> >

> > Any suggestions to resolve these irritations, please ?

> >

> >