>Thanks Peter


That was one of the first things I tried un-checking hide inactive 
icons. It doesn't work.
I was thinking about it last night and this has happened also not 
long after a reformat and reinstall episode.
I did a search also on Google and MS site and seem to not find a fix 
there either.
I thought maybe someone here may have come across this problem before.

Anyone else with any thoughts?

Brad Feuerhelm

>Date:    Sat, 17 Feb 2007 10:50:29 -0500
>From:    Brad Feuerhelm <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Icons in System Tray
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>Hey all,
>
>My wife and I have a small annoying problem.
>We have the same exact hardware.
>
>Specs.
>
>Win XP Pro Svc. Pk 2 up to date as of  2-17-07
>Custom Build
>1-gig Ram
>2.4ghz Intel Cpu
>Geforce 4 w/128meg ram
>
>It seems that when we reboot some of the system tray icons (bottom 
>right corner) don't show up!
>The icons that don't show up are actually running as I check for the 
>processes that are running and everything is running normal like.
>It's just the icons of some just don't show for some reason. 
>Sometimes it can take several reboots to get everything to show up, 
>which I think is a waste.
>It sometimes gets real annoying because some of the icons we use to 
>access (right click on them) the programs with. So it forces me to 
>go find the folder and access them that way. So if someone can 
>suggest something it would be nice so I can get access to these 
>programs from the system tray.
>
>I have tried several things like using Tweakui to repair icons, 
>tried several 3rd party software to organize startup programs but to no avail.
>It seems to be a glitch in XP or maybe an update is causing the 
>problem. This has been going on for quite a while, to the point I 
>just live with it.
>But my wife is having the same problem and she gets more annoyed 
>than I do. The wife runs a lot of different software than I do, so 
>I'm confused because if we ran the same exact software than I would 
>more likely blame a third party program. At this point I've ran out 
>of patience and idea's.
>
>So if anyone has any ideas please let me know!
>
>Thanks
>
>Brad Feuerhelm
>
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>Date:    Sat, 17 Feb 2007 09:52:51 -0800
>From:    Peter <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Re: Icons in System Tray
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>The tray has an option to show all icons, or show only currently active
>icons. Normally, only currently active ones are shown, and you can access
>the others by clicking on the "<" at the left edge of the tray. If you want
>all icons to show, even if they are not active, then right click on the
>tray, select properties, and uncheck the box that says "Hide inactive
>icons". This should "fix" your situation. However, I find it handy to hide
>the inactive icons so as not to clutter the tray. Inactive does not mean the
>programs are not running. It only means that there is not current
>interaction needed.
>
>Hope this helps.
>
>Peter
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