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Sunday, March 9, 2014

Missing Tray Icons Registry Fix For Windows 7 & 8

Follow The below Steps Carefully :

Ø Click Start, type regedit in the Start Search box, and then press ENTER.
If you are prompted for an administrator password or for confirmation, type the password, or click Allow .

Ø Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify

Ø In the Details pane, click the IconStreams registry entry.
Ø On the Edit menu, click Delete , and then click Yes .
Ø In the Details pane, click the PastIconsStream registry entry.
Ø On the Edit menu, click Delete , and then click Yes .
Ø Exit Registry Editor.
Ø Restart the Explorer.exe process.

To do these, follow these steps:

Ø Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC.
Ø On the Processes tab in Task Manager, click the explorer.exe process, and then click End Process two times.
Ø On the File menu, click New Tasks (Run) , type explorer , and then click OK .
Ø Exit Task Manager.

Warning : Make sure not to modify any of the system registries with out proper knowledge. This may lead to serious issues including crashing of windows which may leave you with no other options other formatting the Operating System and hence resulting in data loss.


Thank You..

Pin Your Own Extra Icons On Windows 7 & 8 Task Bar

Follow the steps listed below:

·        Right-click on the desktop and click “New” and “Shortcut”.



·        Enter the following location in the “Type the location of the item” box and click “Next”

%SystemRoot%\explorer.exe shell:MyComputerFolder



·        Type any name under “Type a name for this shortcut” and click “Finish”.




·        Right-click new “Computer” shortcut on the desktop and click “Properties”.


·        Under the “Shortcut” tab, click the “Change Icon” button.



·        In the "Look for icons" line, type the following:

%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll



 ·        Select the “Computer” icon (Any icons of your choice) from the available images and click “OK”.
·        Click “OK”, “Apply” and “OK”.



 Now, you may drag the new “Computer” shortcut onto the taskbar until you see the “Pin to Taskbar” pop-up and drop it..



 The above method works perfectly without any spurious instances of “explorer.exe”.

Note: Above mentioned steps are for creating My Computer Shortcut, like wise you can create shortcuts for all the icons below. You can always delete any shortcuts from Desktop.

Available Shortcuts For Windows 7 & 8 :
explorer shell:MyComputerFolder (for My Computer shortcut)
explorer shell:RecycleBinFolder (for Recycle Bin shortcut)
explorer shell:ControlPanelFolder (for Control Panel shortcut)
explorer shell:Administrative Tools (for Administrative Tools shortcut)
explorer shell:ChangeRemoveProgramsFolder (for Programs and Features shortcut)
explorer shell:NetworkPlacesFolder (for Network shortcut)
explorer shell:Favorites (for Favorites shortcut)
explorer shell:HomegroupFolder (for Homegroup shortcut)
explorer shell:Games (for Games shortcut)
explorer shell:Fonts (for Fonts shortcut)
explorer shell:UserProfiles (for Users folder shortcut)
explorer shell:Profile (for your username folder shortcut)
explorer shell:Public (for Public folder shortcut)
explorer shell:My Documents (for Documents shortcut)
explorer shell:Common Documents (for Public Documents shortcut)
explorer shell:My Music (for Music folder shortcut)
explorer shell:CommonMusic (for Public Music folder shortcut)
explorer shell:My Pictures (for Pictures folder shortcut)
explorer shell:CommonPictures (for Public Pictures folder shortcut)
explorer shell:My Video (for Videos folder shortcut)
explorer shell:CommonVideo (for Public Videos folder shortcut)
explorer shell:Downloads (for Downloads folder shortcut)
explorer shell:CommonDownloads (for Public Downloads folder shortcut)
explorer shell:::{3080F90E-D7AD-11D9-BD98-0000947B0257} (for Flip 3D or Window Switcher shortcut)

Thank You..