Windows 7 How to "repair" hidden/disappeared SysTray icons?

[pstein]

Occasionally it happens that most of my SysTray icons disappear resp. are hidden. See attached snapshot Whats wrong? How can I let them re-appear (beside re-boot my 64bit Win7) system? Peter

 

[Neemobeer]

Open a Powershell prompt and run the following commands

Remove-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify\' -Name IconStreams
Remove-ItemProperty -Path 'HKCU:\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify\' -Name PastIconsStream
Get-Process -Name explorer |Stop-Process