When Windows Explorer (Explorer.exe) crashes or restarted, is there a script to restore the missing system tray icons?


dacrone said:
this has been an issue since AT LEAST windows xp, hence programs like TrayMgr and others that preserved tray icons throughout explorer crashes. it is not explorer that is the issue, but rather the programs themselves. they have to be designed to persist through crashes and if they are not designed to do so, they have to be restarted/refreshed, which is why a reboot fixes your issue (and also why killing/restarting processes does the same without a reboot).
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Never knew there were programs to preserve tray icons throughout the explorer crashes. I guess it's almost similar to the other issue that existed since Windows XP, the desktop icon position issue.

I am sure logging out and logging back in would fix the issue too but all the other things opened would also be gone which is the same as a reboot and it's always better to have a rebooted system if that was the case.
 

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dacrone said:
Beta Test Time.

Extract the contents of the attached .zip to C:\temp (so should be C:\temp, not C:\temp\temp (because the .zip is named temp too))
import the scheduled task (be sure to change the user account to your username. LEAVE all other aspects alone)
run .reg to create context menu entry
restart explorer.exe - make sure pdf24 and ccleaner icons are not showing in system tray
use context menu entry to refresh tray icons.
pdf24 and ccleaner should reappear

let me know and i will continue with the rest of the programs you have listed.

*i am still playing with the scheduled task to run on trigger. have tried Event IDs 1000, 1001, 1002 and 4798 in relation to explorer terminate/start processes and none have triggered the script yet. still playing with it, so the trigger on the scheduled task is empty at the moment. use context menu to trigger it in the interim*
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Sorry for the delay, had other things to finish first.
Just for the record, this is before restarting explorer.exe:
1743364121896.webp

This is after restarting explorer.exe:
1743364476590.webp

After clicking on System Tray Icon Refresh:
1743364568208.webp

1743364753912.webp

Doesn't look like pdf24 and ccleaner reappeared

I noticed the task I imported was not running so I ran it and then did the System Tray Icon Refresh but it didn't bring the pdf24 and ccleaner back either:
1743365571159.webp
 
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@Almighty1 NVIDIA fix (ive used it on mine more than once now to test):

.bat needs to run as admin
Code: 
@echo off

REM Kill Nvidia
taskkill /f /im NVDisplay.Container.exe

REM Relaunch Nvidia to Fix Tray Icons
for /R "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps\" %%I in ("nvcplui*.exe") do @if /I "%%~nxI" == "nvcplui.exe" "%%I"

Exit

as for ccleaner and pdf24, open the .bat and verify paths to exes
 

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dacrone said:
@Almighty1 NVIDIA fix (ive used it on mine more than once now to test):

.bat needs to run as admin
Code: 
@echo off

REM Kill Nvidia
taskkill /f /im NVDisplay.Container.exe

REM Relaunch Nvidia to Fix Tray Icons
for /R "%ProgramFiles%\WindowsApps\" %%I in ("nvcplui*.exe") do @if /I "%%~nxI" == "nvcplui.exe" "%%I"

Exit

as for ccleaner and pdf24, open the .bat and verify paths to exes
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NVIDIA fix works, does the same thing as restart of the NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem service which is ran as:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvdmi.inf_amd64_7ea89f1e1f8ba412\Display.NvContainer\NVDisplay.Container.exe -s NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem -f C:\ProgramData\NVIDIA\NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem.log -l 3 -d C:\WINDOWS\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\nvdmi.inf_amd64_7ea89f1e1f8ba412\Display.NvContainer\plugins\LocalSystem -r -p 30000 -cfg NVDisplay.ContainerLocalSystem\LocalSystem /ert

For the CCleaner and pdf24, I don't have a .bat file as the temp.zip consisted of the following 4 files which is in C:\Temp:
1743378513746.webp
 

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    Intel® Core™ i7-8750H 8th Gen 2.2Ghz up to 4.1Ghz
    Motherboard
    Dell XPS 15 9570
    Memory
    64GB using 2x32GB CL16 Mushkin redLine modules
    Graphics Card(s)
    Intel UHD 630 & NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti with 4GB DDR5
    Sound Card
    Realtek ALC3266-CG
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    15.6" 4K Touch UltraHD 3840x2160 made by Sharp
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    Toshiba KXG60ZNV1T02 NVMe 1TB SSD
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    Dell XPS 15 9570
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