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Re: Missing icons in taskbar

 
Bryan Shieh
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Missing icons in taskbar

The Safely Remove Hardware icon (along with the Power Meter) is not always available in the taskbar notification area even after I adjusted the setting to "always show" in the Customize Notifications. I am using Windows XP Pro on a Compaq Evo n610c.
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Kevin Feng
Valued Contributor

Re: Missing icons in taskbar

Maybe you could turn off the "hide-inactive icons" button in the taskbar settings...

Sometimes the safely remove hardware icon may not appear if the hardware is not hot-pluggable. OR does this occur if you start your computer up from standby mode?
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Bryan Shieh
Occasional Contributor

Re: Missing icons in taskbar

When I adjusted the setting to "always show" in the customize notifications area, that turned off the hide inactive icons under the taskbar settings. Thanks for the suggestion though.
Sean Haydock
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Re: Missing icons in taskbar

A fix for this problem can be found at

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Operating_Systems/WinXP/Q_20506663.html

It worked for me.