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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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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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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