taskbar icon problem

[zooroppa]

The taskbar doen not show internet connection icon or any other plug and play device icon (like pen drive) when connected. I have tried in network connection - show icon in notification area when connected; even in taskbar manager - always show network connection icon. None seems to work. I think the system file that controls the monitoring of these processes or the taskbar itself is corrupted or deleted (?by virus? although thoroughly scanned with latest versions of norton and avg). Kindly help regarding which process or system file controls this processes to reinstall it or any other way to correct the problem. Thanx.

[Miz]

Download xp_pastitems.vbs and double click it after it's downloaded.

That should reset the icons in the system tray so you can configure them how you want.

If you have an anti virus program running and it alerts you when you download the file, don't worry. I've used that fix several times and it is not a virus.

[zooroppa]

Thanks, but this is not also working!!! Please help.

[Info]

Have you got a high contrast colour scheme?

[zooroppa]

Yes, but that doesn't seem to help either.

[Info]

A high contrast colour scheme can give this problem.

[zooroppa]

I've changed color scheme to default xp style. Nothing seems to work!!!!

[Info]

At http://aumha.org/reg1.htm there is an XP Icon repair fix which is suposed to repair anything wrong.

[zooroppa]

I tried xp icon repair also. Nothing seems to work.

[Spike01]

Zooropa, have you tried an online anti-virus program.
This seems to catch everything that McAfee, Norton and others
miss, including Adware, Malware, Trojan Horses...

http://www.bitdefender.com/scan/licence.php

BitDefender online Scan/Clean

Works Wonders! If it won't clean it, it will tell you where it is!

[MacG]

Might be a bit like the shelliconcache problem with other OS's so try this.

1. Delete the IconStreams and PastIconsStream values from the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify

2. Open Task Manager, click the Processes tab, click Explorer.exe, and then click End Process.

3. In Task Manager, click File, click New Task, type explorer, and then click OK.

[CyberJake]

Originally Posted by MacG

Might be a bit like the shelliconcache problem with other OS's so try this.

1. Delete the IconStreams and PastIconsStream values from the following registry key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Curre ntVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify

2. Open Task Manager, click the Processes tab, click Explorer.exe, and then click End Process.

3. In Task Manager, click File, click New Task, type explorer, and then click OK.

Wow!! I searched for the net and found this forum!

MacG.. you are so brilliant! even though your post is more than a year... you still have solved a problem now...

I followed yur instructions! and voila! the connection icon is back again!! Thanks!