My icons on the right side of the taskbar disappeared

[Andre555]

I have had this problem since a Windows Update but no idea which one!

The only work around I have found is to go to Settings/Personalisation/Taskbar/Automatically Hide Taskbar then unselect and the icons will appear then select Automatically Hide Taskbar again if you want it hidden.

Sometimes you can right click on the empty part of the Taskbar and go direct to Taskbar Settings.

It is a pain but it works and until the issue is resolved by HP or Microsoft I cannot find a better solution and I have tried everything.

sfc /scannow is a waste of time as is restarting. The advice to open Task Manager/scroll down to Explorer and restart every time you start your PC/Laptop is a bigger pain than simply unchecking Automatically Hide Taskbar

[Nal_NR]

Hi @Andre555,

Welcome to the HP Support Community. 

May I know when are you facing this issue? Were there any recent updates?

We will try to restart the Windows Explorer

1. Press Windows + R for the Run application to launch. Type “taskmgr” in the dialogue box to launch the task manager.
2. Navigate to the Processes tab and search for the process of “Windows Explorer”.
3. Right click on the process and select Restart. This will restart your windows explorer and launch all the opened files/folders after refreshing.

Also, run an SFC Scan and that might get things working

Right-click on the Start button and select “Command Prompt (Admin)”.

Type “sfc /scannow” and press Enter.

After the scan is complete, type “exit” and press Enter.

Please let me know how it goes. 

Thank you and have a wonderful day

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[Nal_NR]

Hi @Andre555,

As we did not hear from you, I'll be closing this case for now. Hope I was able to fix the issue. If you need further assistance, feel free to reach out to us. 

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