Fix for System Tray Icon Missing in Windows XP
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After the computer started, not all icons that should be present in the system tray of the task bar is showing. Often, one or more icons are missing and disappearing from the task bar notication area.
This behavior can be caused by the Simple Service Discovery Protocol (SSDP). This service discovers Universal Plug and Play devices on your network.
Solution 1
To resolve this behavior, follow these steps to disable the SSDP feature:
Right-click My Computer, and then click Manage.
Click Services and Applications.
Double-click Services.
In the Services list, right-click SSDP Discovery Service, and then click Properties.
On the General tab, in the Startup type drop-down list, click Disabled.
Click OK.
Note When SSDP Discovery service is disabled, new devices on the network cannot be found automatically.
If it doesn’t work, the alternative would be disable both SSDP Discovery Service and Universal Plug and Play Device Host. Repeat the above steps for both services.
You may try to choose Automatic at drop-down list instead of Disabled, as it’s reported some people has success with this.
Solution 2
If you need Universal Plug and Play services and wouldn’t want to disable it, Francesco Ostuni suggested Ostuni Workaround which does not disable the uPNP service. The steps as below (only applicable on Windows XP with Service Pack 2):
1. Open My Network Places.
2. Click Hide Icons for Networked uPnP Devices at the Tasks panel.
3. For Windows Classic theme users, click Tools and the Folder Options in Windows Explorer, and then select Show Common Tasks in Folders to see the option specified in step 2.
Or,
1. Open Control Panel.
2. Click Add or Remove Programs.
3. Click Add/Remove Windows Components.
4. Select Networking Services.
5. Click Details button.
6. Uncheck (remove) the UPnP User Interface.
7. Click OK.
Now you need to logout and then login again to Windows XP.
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This information was very helpful and solved my problem with missing icons. Thanks very much.
I had to set my SSDP to automatic to solve my problem.
Basil
This was what I was looking for. Selecting to not show uPnP devices solved the icon problem. I did have to adjust windows firewall to allow uPnP to communicate for my HP J4680 to work.
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create the following StartPNP.bat file. Save to a folder in your default path. Run it. Add it to the Startup menu:
@echo Please wait 30-60 seconds while the PNP processes start!
@echo .
@sc config upnphost start= demand
@sc config ssdpsrv start= demand
@net start SSDPSRV
@net start upnphost
@sc config upnphost start= disabled
@sc config ssdpsrv start= disabled
@echo MS PnP has started Press any key to remove this window.
rem pause
Run the .bat file. Once you run it once, re-boot and your missing icons will appear if you have installed the .bat file in the Startup menu.
I found that if this issue occurs in regards to USB/Flash/Thumb drives that the following works best:
1) Click on My Computer
See if ‘Optimize for quick removal’ is selected and decide if you prefer being able to simply remove this device without stopping it –OR– you prefer the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ icon in the taskbar for it
2) Right Click on the icon for the ‘Removable Disk’ you want to stop/safely remove
3) Select ‘Properties’
4) Click on the ‘Hardware’ tab of the ‘Removable Disk Properties’ dialog box
5) Look in the ‘All disk drives:’ list window for the name of your removable ‘Disk Drive’ and select it
6) Click the ‘Properties’ button at the bottom of the ‘Removable Disk Properties’ dialog box
7) Click on the ‘Policies’ tab in the ‘[your device name here] Properties’ dialog box
———————————————
ONLY IF YOU PREFER TO ALWAYS CLICK ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ FOR THIS DEVICE
9a) Click the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ link on the ‘[your device name here] Properties’ dialog box
9b) Select your device in the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ dialog box
9c) Click the [Stop] button at the bottom of the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ dialog box
9d) Click [OK] on the bottom of the ‘Stop a Hardware device’ dialog box
9c) Click the [Close] button at the bottom of the ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ dialog box
10) Check ‘Optimize for performance’ on the ‘[your device name here] Properties->Policies tab’ and then click [OK] on the bottom of the ‘[your device name here] Properties’ dialog box — (’Safely Remove Hardware’ icon will APPEAR IN THE TASKBAR FOR THIS DEVICE WHEN YOU REMOVE AND REINSERT IT NOW)