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Xas1953NC:
Hello all, on patch Tuesday 13th I installed the microsoft security files and the .net framework 4.5.2 file onto my wife's W7 Home Premium 64 bit computer. Prior to these updates icons set as "show icons and notifications" appeared as such in the taskbar. After the updates they now get automatically set as "only show notifications" and are found in the box upon clicking on the small triangle on the taskbar. Resetting back to the first setting ensures they appear in the taskbar but only to disappear again on a restart /bootup. I think it may be something to do with the .net Framework file but do not want to uninstall it as there are no previous versions available to fall back on as I think that W7 deletes previous versions when updating to a higher version. I Googled the problem but cannot find information on how to get the required icons to stay in the taskbar. Upon installing the Vista 32 bit counterpart updates onto my computer the icons on my taskbar remain as per before the updates. Has anyone experienced taskbar icons disappearing after Tuesday 13th updates?

Boggin:
To determine if WUs are responsible, use the restore points to prior the updates to see if they then behave normally and then install just one update at a time - preferably starting with the .NET Framework one until the problem returns, assuming they do behave normally after the restore.

Alternatively you could run this Batch file to reset the Notification Area Icon Cache and set them up again to see if they stick.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/13102-notification-area-icons-reset.html

Shane:
I did the same updates on my system which is Windows 7 64 bit, and I installed the .net 4.5.2 and my taskbar settings are staying the same.

When you change the taskbar settings they get saved to the registry. It is possible that it is failing to save those settings and so at next reboot when it goes to read the settings it takes what ever was there before since they didnt get updated.

It is possible that the permissions on that registry key got messed up, or you may just need to delete the key and have windows save it fresh.

Some of the registry settings are store at
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

And the other location, which the toolbars you add to the task bar and such are stored at
HEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Streams\Desktop

I say export both those locations as a backup, and then delete them and reboot. Once back up go and change the settings on the taskbar and se if they save and reboot again to confirm they held.

Shane

as1953-2:
Hello Shane. This is as1953. My computer is down so have setup an account under my wife's computer. She is being shown as being logged on but the message I sent re her W7 icons problem was not accepted as I had to type in a set of characters in the captcha box again due to the first set not being correct. I have done this so here goes to see if it has been rectified.

as1953-2:
Shane, it appears my wife's account setup is now accepted. I carried out your advice and on a reboot went to properties and each of the required icons appeared in the taskbar when I selected them from the hide box but upon a reboot they went back into the hide box. I did notice the apply button was greyed out so I could only select ok. I also tried the drag and drop from the hide box but once again on a reboot they went back into the hide box.

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