Initially taskbar icons missing is the one of the most common problems when using windows 7 operating system. As a matter of fact, sometimes taskbar has disappears from the desktop automatically without any reason.
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FAQ:-
how do you restore your taskbar?
Fix toolbar missing windows 7 explorer?
how do you restore taskbar to the bottom of the screen?
Solution 1:
restart windows 7 explorer.exe
To restart your windows 7 explorer by using the above steps:-
step 1:
At First, press the Ctrl+Alt+Delete button on your keyboard.
step 2:
Then it will show a window’s menu and choose the button “Start Task Manager”
step 3:
After that you can click File-> New Task
step 4:
In the meantime, type “Explorer.exe” and hit enter.
step 5:
Now your disappear taskbar restored immediately.
Note:-
if the above method fails to load missing taskbar and desktop icons, missing restore your taskbar then you can go to the solution 2.
Solution 2:
Change group policy editor configuration to restore taskbar windows 7
step 1:
Press Windows button and type “gpedit.msc” on that text box.
step 2:-
after that it will show the Local Group Policy Editor.
step 3:-
Choose the following options:- User Configuration→Administrative Templates→Start Menu and Taskbar.
step 4:
After all double-click the following option “Show Quick Launch on Taskbar”
step 5:-
Finally, you can choose “Enabled” option and click OK button.
step 6:
After completed enabled then go to the desktop and right-click on the taskbar area choose the Toolbars -> New Toolbar option
step 7:
Then you can set the following folder path C:\Users\<user name of your computer>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch
That’s it! windows 7 taskbar quick launch icons will be restored.
Note:-
if the above method failed to resolve taskbar icons missing problem, then you can go to the solution 3.
Solution 3:
Download taskbar tool repair plus to avoid windows 7 taskbar icons blank and taskbar icons missing problems
Taskbar tool repair plus is one of the software that helps to restore taskbar immediately and fix taskbar icons blank problems.
You can download this software from the following link:-
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-Tweak/Taskbar-Repair-Tool-Plus.shtml
http://ccm.net/download/download-387-taskbar-repair-tool-plus
step 1:
After download is completed, then you can place the software for your desktop or whatever you want to create.
step 2:
Then open TaskbarRepairToolPlus Folder and run TaskbarRepairToolPlus!.exe
step 3:-
After that it will appear on your system you can choose Taskbar Problems -> Taskbar is missing option and click “Repair” button.
After all steps completed, then your taskbar icons missing problem resolved and restore taskbar issue fixed successfully.