XP taskbar won't save settings

Every since I got my computer back with the new hard drive, the taskbar won't hold the settings for icons I want hidden and shown.

Any suggestions?

the only thing I could find to fix it is MS's One Care Live (free). Allow 3-5 hours for scan.


http://onecare.live.com/site/en-us/default.htm

on the menu and select quick launch or I like to use desktop.

that's what I've done, it just won't hold the settings.

Do you use AVG by any chance? What do you mean it won't install? Error message? Stalls? It runs online, and only downloads a few files.

It says it's not compatible and won't install.

registery and then relock the toolbar.

I'll try it again and let you know if it works.

didn't work. ARGGGGGGGGGGGGH

You can either turn off McAfee, see if they have a registry fix or find another solution that will deal with the registry, Lord McAfee willing.

thanks.

This is crazy. It's such a little thing but it annoys me. B-)

It's the Notification area I'm having trouble with and I don't know where that is in the registry.

Do you mean the programs it displays in the systray? That's where my problem was. No matter how many times I marked "always hide", it would not hold. I even lost the ability to hide icons ( < ) .

I lost the volume and the local area connection icons....they just won't show up no matter what I do.

I've tried all the "fixes" I've found on the Internet. None of them have worked so far.

when opened has a show on taskbar checkbox on the general tab. Also under network connections there is a checkbox to show icon when connected. Again these may require a reboot to persist.

didn't comprehend it. You were right....those checkboxes needed to be checked. I got my volume control and network connection icons back but still can't set what I want to show in the system tray.

I would really work with the Live One Care link even if it involved un/re installing McAfee. That's due to my successful experience with it.

However. Here are a few other discussions: (be sure to backup the registry before changing anything)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13880_3-9956695-68.html

http://winhlp.com/node/16


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=opera&rls=en&hs=Vc9&q=regedit+system+tray&revid=253793391&ei=zsvwSqP1ENWk8AalloyLCQ&sa=X&oi=revisions_inline&resnum=0&ct=broad-revision&cd=2&ved=0CDAQ1QIoAQ


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=opera&rls=en&hs=Vc9&q=registry+fix+systray&btnG=Search&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

If the live one care doesn't work I don't know what else to try.

Good luck! That issue in a PITA.

I evidently need some luck. I'm running a full scan right now (using my laptop for this).

It's a little thing but it's annoying.

560 invalid registry entries and 33 errors. It fixed the invalid registry items but I don't think it fixed the errors and guess what....I still have the original problem.

It should fix all the errors. Did the summary at the end indicate something was not fixed?
Run it a second time. 560 is a LOT!

Sometimes when I'm having weird symptoms with either my desktop/taskbar/icon cache, booting into safe mode and then back into normal mode clears it up somehow.

Worth a try?

however, he still needs to deal with the registry bloat. imo

This is ridiculous. How could such a small problem be such a big problem? LOL

1- Download Gibson Research's UnPlug n' Pray and deactivate Universal Plug n' Play Support. This was recommended to me as a fix for taskbar icon misbehavior several years back, and it has always worked for me. Read the web page to discover just what the utility is, and note that if it doesn't work you can run it again and reactivate the support.

I have absolutely no idea what the connection is between the utility and the icons, but at the least it will do no harm to your XP computer. Simply download and run (no installation is needed) and reboot.

http://www.grc.com/unpnp/unpnp.htm

2- Download and install Windows Power Toys Tweak UI. Many times simply installing this and rebooting will clear up a few problems. It has many settings within it that can be used to change your interface.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx

I'll give those a look and if one works I'll let you know.

thing. Why not just disable it in the Administrative Services?

This utility makes it a one moment, one click thing for people who don't like to mess with the insides of XP.

:shrug:

I used it but it didn't fix the problem. No harm, no foul, though.