For a while I've had the problem that apps like Outlook and Teams have been missing their icons on the taskbar when running. I tried the recommended fixes of deleting icon and thumbnail caches but none of these worked so I just put up with it, as the apps were still running and hovering over the space on the taskbar brought up the preview so I could tell which one it was.
Finally got tired of it when I started getting more apps from Windows Store and realised that all of these were affected in the same way. Popular Internet solutions were:
- Uninstall Google Drive
- Create a new user profile and copy all personal items from the old profile to the new one
- Reinstall Windows
Google drive wasn't installed, and migrating profiles sounded painful. Windows reinstall was never going to happen.
Thanks to an Internet stranger the fix was actually pretty straight forward.
- Open regedit
- Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
- Expand .png key
- Delete any keys under the shellex key
- Restart explorer
That was it, all of the taskbar items are back and harmony is restored
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