If you are a Windows 10 user, you might have woken up at least once, to find that some of your favorite icons are missing from the taskbar. It might make you angry if you do not see your favorite icons in your taskbar anymore. But what you do not know is the fact that you can solve this little problem as easy as having a glass of water. You can easily customize your taskbar by following a very simple method which is perfectly explained through the following steps.
Fix 1 – Restart Windows Explorer
1. Press CTRL + Shift + Esc key together to Open Task manager.
2. Now, Locate Windows explorer, right click on it and choose end task.
3. Now, Click on File and then choose run new task.
4. Write explorer.exe in it and check create this task with administrative privileges.
5. Click on OK.
Fix-2 Delete IconCache from your computer-
Deleting IconCache data base file from your computer will solve this issue.
1. Press Windows key+R to open Run window on your computer.
2. In Run window, copy-paste this run command and then hit Enter.
%appdata%
Roaming folder will be opened on your computer.
3. Now, in Roaming folder, click on “Appdata” in the address bar to go to folder.
4. In Appdata folder, double click on “Local” folder to access it.
5. In Local folder, click on “View” in the menu bar. Notice if the option “Hidden items” is checked.
Otherwise, check the option to see the hidden items in the folder.
6. In Local folder, Locate “IconCache” or IconCache.db file and “Delete” the IconCache data base file from your computer.
IconCache.db file will be deleted from your computer.
Close File Explorer window on your computer.
Restart your computer. After rebooting your computer icons will be visible on Task bar once again.
Your problem should be solved.
Fix 3 – Using Command prompt
1. Search cmd in windows 10 taskbar search.
2. Right click and choose to run as administrator.
3. Copy and paste the given below command and hit enter key.
DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-image /Restorehealth
Fix 4 – Turn off Controlled Folder access
Step 1 – Go to Start > Settings > Update & Security
Step 2 – Now, click on Windows security from the left menu.
Step 3 – No, Click on Virus & Threat Protection settings.
Step 4 – Now, scroll down and toggle off Controlled folder access.
Fix 5 – Reinstall taskbar
1. Search Powershell in Windows 10 Search.
2. Right click and choose run as administrator.
3. Now, copy and paste the command given below and hit enter key to execute the command.
Get-AppxPackage -AllUsers| Foreach {Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register "$($_.InstallLocation)\AppXManifest.xml"}Fix 6 – Remove temp files
1. Press Windows key + R together to open run command box.
2. write %temp% in it and click OK.
3. Delete everything in it to clear temp files.
Fix 7 – Disable Tablet mode
1. Press Windows key + I together to open settings.
2. Click on System.
3. Now, click on Tablet from the left menu.
4. Now, in the right side, select option Never use Tablet Mode.
Fix 8 – Check taskbar icon settings
1- Search Taskbar settings in Windows search box.
2. Now, click on taskbar settings.
3. Now, scroll down in right side and click on Select which icons appear on the taskbar.
4 – Now, select those icons which you want on taskbar.
