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

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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
 

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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
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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
 
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