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Several questions have dealt with that error, but none of the solutions have worked for me. Some taskbar icons disappeared at some point a couple of days ago and nothing brings them back. The problem only occurs in the non-admin account on my laptop. What I tried so far:

  • Install the latest Windows updates
  • Uninstall the latest Windows updates
  • Removed IrisService as indicated here
  • Every attempt from here except for installing third-party software
  • Set registry value according to this answer from @Vomit IT

Since it only occurs in the non-admin account and apparently only for Windows apps like Outlook, PowerShell, or Spotify (from the store), I suspect it has to do with a corrupted user profile. Any help is greatly appreciated since it drives me crazy.

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rd51
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The problem only occurs in the non-admin account on my laptop.

This is not altogether uncommon.

There is not any tool or any normally practical way to repair a Windows user profile.

Back up the contents of this non-admin user profile, ensure the back up contains everything, delete the profile, restart and make a new user profile.

John
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  • This is a work account that I used for many years... I don't even want to imagine how much time it would take to do that :( – s6hebern May 10 '23 at 12:33
  • Just back up your data (maybe an hour or two), make a new user profile (easy), and restore your data (another hour or two), and setup. Half day or a bit more. – John May 10 '23 at 13:20
  • Do you have any insight how this can happen though? And why it only happened for that user and none other (there is another non-admin account, which is not affected)? – s6hebern May 10 '23 at 14:41
  • Some software/actions can damage a user profile. I have learned to keep organized and to not customize. – John May 10 '23 at 14:52
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    As a note of interest: I have the same problem with a completely fresh PC. It appears to be a combination of not powering down but sleeping & many virtual desktops & switching between them. At some point, first the icons get a bit garbled and later they disappear completely until I restart the PC. This is happening on my only account which is Admin. – CShark Feb 28 '24 at 10:39
  • It seems reasonable that you can create circumstances to cause this. I use virtual machines, not virtual desktops. Make sure all your drivers are up to date. Suspend does not cause this issue for me. – John Feb 28 '24 at 12:09